Tag: chancery practice
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To Falsify
To Falsify
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Receiver
A person duly appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction to collect and receive pending the action in which he is so appointed the rents, issues and profits of land or the produce of personal estate or other things in question , which it does not seem reasonable to the […]
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Stating Part Of A Bill
See Bill. …
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Sequestration
The writ of sequestration was an extraordinary remedy available to the court of chancery to enforce a judgment . A person who did not comply with a judgment of the Court of Chancery was held to be in contempt of that court and his personal property as well as the rents and […]
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Sequestration
The writ of sequestration was an extraordinary remedy available to the court of chancery to enforce a judgment . A person who did not comply with a judgment of the Court of Chancery was held to be in contempt of that court and his personal property as well as the rents and […]
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Illusory Appointment
Such an appointment or disposition of property under a power as is merely nominal, and not substantial. …
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Illusory Appointment
Such an appointment or disposition of property under a power as is merely nominal, and not substantial. …
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Articles
Clauses of a document; hence the word articles sometimes means the document itself, e.g., articles of agreement, articles of partnership, etc…
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Articles
Clauses of a document; hence the word articles sometimes means the document itself, e.g., articles of agreement, articles of partnership, etc…
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Appointment
English Legal System: AppointmentIn the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Appointment : See power of appointment.
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Substitution
(Lat. substitutio) . In civil law. The putting of one person in the place of another, so that he may, in default of ability in the former, or after him, have the benefit of a devise or legacy. Direct substitution is merely the institution of a second legatee in case the first should be […]
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Subpoena
Subpoena in Law Enforcement Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of subpoena. Meaning of Subpoena in Spanish Description/ translation of subpoena into Spanish: citación (reclamar un juez o […]
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Plea
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Plea Meaning of Plea An allegation made by either party in a litigation . A defendant ‘s answer of fact to the plaintiffs allegation. A plea in bar is one that goes to the merits of the case and denies […]