Law Lexicon, Or Dictionary of Jurisprudence: Explaining the Technical Words and Phrases Employed in the Several Departments of English Law : Including the Various Legal Terms Used in Commercial Transactions : Together with an Explanatory as Well as Literal Translation of the Latin Maxims Contained in the Writings of the Ancient and Modern Commentators |
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... original , and which are applicable to the state of the law in this country . Occasional references have been added , showing the sources of American law on the subjects treated . The new matter is contained in brackets . Frequent ...
... original , and which are applicable to the state of the law in this country . Occasional references have been added , showing the sources of American law on the subjects treated . The new matter is contained in brackets . Frequent ...
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... ( original text ) . Chitty's Equity Index ( Macaulay ) . [ Notes by Judge Sharswood . ] Blount's Law Glossary . lachlan ) . Chitty's Commercial Lawyer . Chitty on Contracts . Chitty's General Practice . Chitty's Law of Apprentices . LIST ...
... ( original text ) . Chitty's Equity Index ( Macaulay ) . [ Notes by Judge Sharswood . ] Blount's Law Glossary . lachlan ) . Chitty's Commercial Lawyer . Chitty on Contracts . Chitty's General Practice . Chitty's Law of Apprentices . LIST ...
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... original plaintiff in such a suit die after decree , his personal repre- sentatives may , if they like , revive the suit.- Burney v . Morgan , 1 S. and S. 358 . The marriage of a feme sole plaintiff abates a suit ; and it would appear ...
... original plaintiff in such a suit die after decree , his personal repre- sentatives may , if they like , revive the suit.- Burney v . Morgan , 1 S. and S. 358 . The marriage of a feme sole plaintiff abates a suit ; and it would appear ...
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... original or first inhabitants of any country , but more particularly used for the ancient inhabitants of Latium , who lived there when Eneas and the Trojans arrived in Italy . It is frequently employed in the sense of Autochthones , i ...
... original or first inhabitants of any country , but more particularly used for the ancient inhabitants of Latium , who lived there when Eneas and the Trojans arrived in Italy . It is frequently employed in the sense of Autochthones , i ...
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... original title - deeds , and makes requisitions ( when necessary ) in order to ascertain any important but undisclosed facts , to remedy any defects , or to dissipate any doubts or ambiguities . He then should lay all the papers before ...
... original title - deeds , and makes requisitions ( when necessary ) in order to ascertain any important but undisclosed facts , to remedy any defects , or to dissipate any doubts or ambiguities . He then should lay all the papers before ...
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