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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... reason which interprets and amends the written law ; comprehended in no code , but consisting of reason alone . ) Equitas est quasi equalitas . Co. Litt . 24 . ( Equity is as it were equality . ) AFFEERORS ( fr . affeurer , Fr. to tax ) ...
... reason which interprets and amends the written law ; comprehended in no code , but consisting of reason alone . ) Equitas est quasi equalitas . Co. Litt . 24 . ( Equity is as it were equality . ) AFFEERORS ( fr . affeurer , Fr. to tax ) ...
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... reason of the altar . - Termes de la Ley , 39 . ALTERATION , changing . When witnesses are examined upon exhibits , & c . , they ( the ex- hibits ) ought to remain in the place where the examination took place , and not to be taken back ...
... reason of the altar . - Termes de la Ley , 39 . ALTERATION , changing . When witnesses are examined upon exhibits , & c . , they ( the ex- hibits ) ought to remain in the place where the examination took place , and not to be taken back ...
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... reason of a party to them being employed in the king's business . - Reg . Orig . 208 . ASSISE , or ASSIZE ( fr . assideo , Lat . to sit together ) , a jury , who sit together for the pur- pose of trying a cause , or rather a court or ...
... reason of a party to them being employed in the king's business . - Reg . Orig . 208 . ASSISE , or ASSIZE ( fr . assideo , Lat . to sit together ) , a jury , who sit together for the pur- pose of trying a cause , or rather a court or ...
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... reason : a mere declaration of trust would not protect the inheritance against a sub- sequent bona fide purchaser or mortgagee , with- out notice of it , who procured a proper assign- ment of the term to his own trustees . As to the ...
... reason : a mere declaration of trust would not protect the inheritance against a sub- sequent bona fide purchaser or mortgagee , with- out notice of it , who procured a proper assign- ment of the term to his own trustees . As to the ...
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... reason to think , from the silence of historians on the subject , that no unfortunate debtor ever actually felt the utmost severity of this barbarous regulation ; but the history of the The cases decide the following trades to be ...
... reason to think , from the silence of historians on the subject , that no unfortunate debtor ever actually felt the utmost severity of this barbarous regulation ; but the history of the The cases decide the following trades to be ...
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