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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... suits in this court . " - Smith v . Clay , Ambl . 645 ; 3 Bro . C. C. 639 . ABATAMENTUM , an entry by interposition ... suit may abate , i . e . , cease . A plea in abatement at Common Law is a species of the class dilatory , and states ...
... suits in this court . " - Smith v . Clay , Ambl . 645 ; 3 Bro . C. C. 639 . ABATAMENTUM , an entry by interposition ... suit may abate , i . e . , cease . A plea in abatement at Common Law is a species of the class dilatory , and states ...
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... suit , whilst they tacitly admit the existence of a cause of suit . No practical consequence , however , results from their being so deemed ; it is only an attempt to render pleas in Equity analogous to those at law , that the ...
... suit , whilst they tacitly admit the existence of a cause of suit . No practical consequence , however , results from their being so deemed ; it is only an attempt to render pleas in Equity analogous to those at law , that the ...
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... suit of the surviving claimant ; if such a suggestion be made before trial , then the claimant shall have a verdict ... suit in Chancery altogether abates by the death of a sole plaintiff . Whereupon the de- fendant may make a special ...
... suit of the surviving claimant ; if such a suggestion be made before trial , then the claimant shall have a verdict ... suit in Chancery altogether abates by the death of a sole plaintiff . Whereupon the de- fendant may make a special ...
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... suit , and upon special motion , an order that the bill against him , or the bill stand dismissed as against be dismissed without costs within a limited time , such deceased defendant . ABBUTTALS , or ABUTTALS ( fr . abutter or aboutir.
... suit , and upon special motion , an order that the bill against him , or the bill stand dismissed as against be dismissed without costs within a limited time , such deceased defendant . ABBUTTALS , or ABUTTALS ( fr . abutter or aboutir.
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... suit in Equity will not lie . The usual cases of accounts arising from con- tracts or quasi contracts , which are ... suit against his personal representa- tives , and if the defendant die , his personal re- presentatives can revive the ...
... suit in Equity will not lie . The usual cases of accounts arising from con- tracts or quasi contracts , which are ... suit against his personal representa- tives , and if the defendant die , his personal re- presentatives can revive the ...
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16 Vict 20 Vict abolished act of Parliament action advowson affidavit ancient answer appointed bill bishop bocland called canon law cause Chit church civil law claim clerk common law contract conveyance copyhold Court of Chancery Court of Equity court-leet covenant creditors criminal Crown custom death debt declaration decree deed defendant dower duty ecclesiastical entitled equity execution executor felony feoffment fraud freehold gavelkind given granted heir husband indictment inheritance Inst interest issue judge judgment jurisdiction jury justice land lease liable Litt Lond lord Lord Chancellor manor marriage matter ment mortgage oath offence paid Parliament party payment person plaintiff plea pleading possession Prac proceedings punishment purchaser rent Roman law rule seised seisin sheriff statute suit tenant term testator thereof thing tion trial trust unless wife words writ