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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... party has slept upon his right , and acquiesced for a great length of time . No- thing can call forth this court into activity but conscience , good faith , and reasonable diligence ; where these are wanting , the court is passive and ...
... party has slept upon his right , and acquiesced for a great length of time . No- thing can call forth this court into activity but conscience , good faith , and reasonable diligence ; where these are wanting , the court is passive and ...
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... party the suit is at an end , the subject of litigation having determined . And if the whole interest of a deceased party survive to another party , as in the case of joint tenancy , or trustees or exe- cutors , the deceased not having ...
... party the suit is at an end , the subject of litigation having determined . And if the whole interest of a deceased party survive to another party , as in the case of joint tenancy , or trustees or exe- cutors , the deceased not having ...
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... party seeking relief has a clear right , which cannot otherwise be enforced in a suitable manner ; or that he will be subjected to an unjustifiable loss , without any blame or misconduct on his own part , or that he has a superior ...
... party seeking relief has a clear right , which cannot otherwise be enforced in a suitable manner ; or that he will be subjected to an unjustifiable loss , without any blame or misconduct on his own part , or that he has a superior ...
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... party might be called so termed prejudicialis , i . e . prejudiced . with respect to the other . Also a proctor or advocate in civil courts or causes . Actor domi- nicus was often used for the lord's bailiff or at- torney . Actor ...
... party might be called so termed prejudicialis , i . e . prejudiced . with respect to the other . Also a proctor or advocate in civil courts or causes . Actor domi- nicus was often used for the lord's bailiff or at- torney . Actor ...
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... party making the same , and that such party seemed perfectly to understand the same , and also that the said party wrote his or her mark or signature in the presence of the judge's clerk or commissioner , taking the said affidavit . 142 ...
... party making the same , and that such party seemed perfectly to understand the same , and also that the said party wrote his or her mark or signature in the presence of the judge's clerk or commissioner , taking the said affidavit . 142 ...
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