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  • Attest

    Definition of Attest To witness any act or event, such as, e.g., the signature or execution of a document, e.g., a will (q.v.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Attest in the Dictionaries, Attest in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse […]

  • Attestation Clause

    Definition of Attestation Clause The statement that a deed or will, etc., has been duly executed in the presence of witnesses Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Attestation Clause in the Dictionaries, Attestation Clause in our legal dictionaries, […]

  • Attested Copy

    Definition of Attested Copy A copy of a document which is certified correct by a person who has examined it Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Attested Copy in the Dictionaries, Attested Copy in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics […]

  • Attorney

    Definition of Attorney (1) A person appointed by another to act in his place or represent him. See Power of Attorney. (2) Formerly persons admitted to practise in the superior Courts of common law : they represented suitors who did not appear 111 person. Since the (English) Judicature Act, […]

  • Attorney- GeneraI

    Definition of Attorney- GeneraI The principal law oilicer of the Crown. He is appointed by patent and holds at the pleasure of the CrownWhen an action is commenced on behalf of the Crown or those who enjoy its prerogative or for a public wrong, the action is brought by the Attorney-GeneralHe […]

  • Attorney-General V. Brown

    Definition of Attorney-General V. Brown ([1920] 1 K. B. 77). By section 43 of the Customs Consolidation Act, 1876, The importation of arms, ammunition, gunpowder, or any other goods may be prohibited by Proclamation or Order in Council. The importation of chemicals was prohibited by […]

  • Attornment

    Definition of Attornment The agreement by the tenant of land, e.g., a lessee, to hold his land from the transferee of the owner of the fee, or reversion. He is said to attorn tenant to the new reversioner. The necessity for attornment was abolished by 4 & 5 Anne, c. 16. By section 151, Law…

  • Attainder

    Definition of Attainder That extinction of civil rights and capacities which formerly took place when judgment of death or outlawry was recorded against a person who had committed treason or felony. It involved the forfeiture and escheat of the land and goods belonging to the criminal, and the […]

  • Attaint

    Definition of Attaint A person under attainder Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Attaint in the Dictionaries, Attaint in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, Browse the Legal Thesaurus, Find […]

  • Attaint, Writ Of

    Definition of Attaint, Writ Of A summons to a grand jury of twenty-four, to enquire whether a petty jury of twelve had given a false verdict. If so, the petty jury lost all civil rights. Abolished by the County Juries Act, 1825 Browse You might be interested in these references tools: […]