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Definition of Settle To settle a document is to draw it up and decide upon its terms, e.g., a partnership deed may be settled by counsel. See Settlement Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Settle in the Dictionaries, Settle in our legal dictionaries, […]

Definition of Settled Land Land limited to several persons in succession, so that the person for the time being in the possession or enjoyment of it has no power to deprive the others of their right of future enjoyment. Under the Settled Land Act, 1925 (which replaces the Settled Land Acts, […]

Definition of Settlement The instrument by which land is settled. A compound settlement is the description of a number of documents, e.g., deeds and wills, extending over a period, by means of which land is settled.A marriage or ante-nuptial settlement is an instrument executed before a […]

Definition of Several Separate : as opposed to joint. See Severalty; Fishery Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Several in the Dictionaries, Several in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, […]

Definition of Severally Property is said to belong to persons in severally when the share of each is ascertained (so that he can exclude the others from it) as opposed to joint ownership, ownership in common, and coparcenary, where the owners hold in undivided shares Browse You might be […]

Definition of Severance Division. When a claim is composed of several parts, and some of them may be put forward or enforced without the others, the latter are said to be severable Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Severance in the Dictionaries, […]

Definition of Sewell V. Burdick ((1884), 10 A. C. 74). Held, that the mere indorsement and delivery of a t bill of lading by way of pledge for a loan does not pass the property in the goods to the indorsee so as to transfer to him all liabilities in respect of the goods Browse…

Definition of Sewer Originally an open trench or channel for carrying off surplus water from land near the sea, or from marshy ground Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Sewer in the Dictionaries, Sewer in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, […]

Definition of Servus Poenae A slave of punishment, a convict, e.g., slaves sent to the mines, or condemned to fight with wild beasts. Abolished by Justinian. (Roman law.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Servus Poenae in the Dictionaries, Servus […]

Definition of Servus Vicarius An attendant or assistant of a scrvus ordinarim : often purchased by the latter out of his peculium. (Roman law.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Servus Vicarius in the Dictionaries, Servus Vicarius in our legal […]