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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 […]
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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…
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Auction, Sales By
Definition of Auction, Sales By The Sale of Land by Auction Act, 1867, makes it unlawful, where a sale is stated to be without reserve, for the vendor to employ a person to bid ; but the vendor, may, in the particulars or conditions of sale, reserve the right to bid and employ a person…
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Auctioneer
Definition of Auctioneer One who sells or offers for sale goods or lands at any sale where persons become purchasers by competition, being the highest bidders. (Section 4, Auctioneers Act, 1845.) When a ‘bid is accepted the auctioneer becomes the agent of both parties Browse You might be […]
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Auctoritas
Definition of Auctoritas The authorisation of a tutor, the legal capacity in virtue of which the tutor completed the legal capacity of his pupil. (Roman law.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Auctoritas in the Dictionaries, Auctoritas in our legal […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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: […]
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Attendant Term
Definition of Attendant Term See Term of Years Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Attendant Term in the Dictionaries, Attendant Term in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, Browse the Legal […]
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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 […]