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  • Enjoyment

    Definition of Enjoyment The exercise of a right Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Enjoyment in the Dictionaries, Enjoyment in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, Browse the Legal Thesaurus, […]

  • Enrolment

    Definition of Enrolment To enrol is to enter (or copy) a document on an official record. The Enrolment Office was in the Court of Chancery ; later transferred to the Central Office of the Supreme Court.The enrolment of disentailing deeds is no longer necessary. (Law of Property Act, 1925, s. […]

  • Entail

    Definition of Entail An estate tail. Barring an entail converts the interest into a fee simple if the tenant in tail is in possession If he is not in possession, the consent of the protector of the settlement must be obtained; if it is not obtained, an equitable interest equivalent to a base […]

  • Entering Short

    Definition of Entering Short If a bill which is not yet due is lodged by the holder with his bankers, the bankers may enter it short, that is to say, merely note it as having been received for collection in due course, and credit it only when paid Browse You might be interested in these…

  • Entick V. Carrington

    Definition of Entick V. Carrington ((1765), 19 St. Tr. 1030). Held that a general warrant to seize the papers of a named person is illegal Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Entick V. Carrington in the Dictionaries, Entick V. Carrington in our legal […]

  • Entire

    Definition of Entire A contract or claim, of which each part is so connected with the rest that it cannot be separated into several distinct contracts or claims ; as opposed to a severable or apportionable contract, etc Browse You might be interested in these references tools: […]

  • Entireties

    Definition of Entireties If lands were given to a husband and wife they were each seised of the whole estate, and were said to be tenants by entireties, as man and wife were one person in law. By the Married Women’s Property Act, 1883, they were made joint tenants. By the Law of Property Act,…

  • Entry

    Definition of Entry (1) The act of going on land with the intention of asserting a right in it. (2) Forcible entry is the offence of entering in a violent manner. (3) The declaration to the Customs of the nature and quantity of a ship’s cargo Browse You might be interested in these references […]

  • Entry, Writs Of

    Definition of Entry, Writs Of Real actions which lay for one from whom lands were wrongfully withheld. The writ was said to be in the quibus when it was against the person who had actually committed the wrong ; in the per wlien it was against the heir or grantee of such person ; in…

  • Enure

    Definition of Enure To operate or take effect Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Enure in the Dictionaries, Enure in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, Browse the Legal Thesaurus, Find […]