Tag: Contracts

  • Fifteenth

    English Law: Fifteenth in the Past The name of a tax (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.K. encyclopedia) levied by authority of parliament for the use of the king, which consisted of one-fifteenth part of the goods of those who are depending on it. T. L [1][rtbs […]

  • Abjuration

    English Law: Abjuration in the Past In the ancient English law it was a renunciation of one’s country and taking an oath of perpetual banishment. A man who had committed a felony and for safety flea to a sanctuary might within forty days’ confess the fact and take the oath of abjuration and […]

  • Abjuration

    English Law: Abjuration in the Past In the ancient English law it was a renunciation of one’s country and taking an oath of perpetual banishment. A man who had committed a felony and for safety flea to a sanctuary might within forty days’ confess the fact and take the oath of abjuration and […]

  • Relocation

    Scottish Law: Relocation in the Past To let again to renew a lease, is called a relocation. Developments When a tenant (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.K. encyclopedia) holds over after the expiration of his lease, with the consent of his landlord (see more about this popular […]

  • Welch Mortgage

    English Law: Welch Mortgage in the Past A species of security which partakes of the nature of a mortgage, as there is a debt due and an estate is given as a security for the repayment, but differs from it in the circumstances that the rents and profits are to be received without account till…

  • Welch Mortgage

    English Law: Welch Mortgage in the Past A species of security which partakes of the nature of a mortgage, as there is a debt due and an estate is given as a security for the repayment, but differs from it in the circumstances that the rents and profits are to be received without account till…

  • Amortization

    English Law: Amortization in the Past An alienation of lands or tenements in mortraain. 2 Stat. Ed. I. Developments The cut of the property (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.K. encyclopedia) of lands or tenements to mortmain. AMORTISE, contracts. To alien lands in mortmain. […]

  • Amortization

    English Law: Amortization in the Past An alienation of lands or tenements in mortraain. 2 Stat. Ed. I. Developments The cut of the property (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.K. encyclopedia) of lands or tenements to mortmain. AMORTISE, contracts. To alien lands in mortmain. […]

  • Cautioner

    Scottish Law: Cautioner in the Past One who becomes bound as caution or surety for another, for the performance of any obligation or contract contained in a deed. [1][rtbs name=”scottish-law”] Resources Notes and References Partialy, this information about cautioner is based on […]

  • Cautioner

    Scottish Law: Cautioner in the Past One who becomes bound as caution or surety for another, for the performance of any obligation or contract contained in a deed. [1][rtbs name=”scottish-law”] Resources Notes and References Partialy, this information about cautioner is based on […]

  • Design

    Definition of Design Right In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Design Right : Legal protection for the external appearance of an article, including its shape, configuration, pattern, or ornament. A design right is distinct from a *patent, which protects […]

  • Commodate

    Scottish Law: Commodate in the Past A term used in the Scotch law, which is synonymous to the Latin commodatum or loan for use. Ersk. Inst. B. 3, t. 1, 20; 1 Bell’s Com. 225; Ersk. Pr. Laws of Scotl. B. 3, t. 1, 9. Developments Judge Story regrets this term has not been adopted…

  • Warranty

    Definition of Warranty A warranty is a promise or assurance given in contract by a party to the other party to the contract. Warranty in Contract Law According to Questions & Answers Law of Contract: Law Revision and Study Guide (Law Questions & Answers, Oxford University Press), by […]

  • Affection

    English Law: Affection in the Past The making over, pawning or mortgaging a thing to assurp the payment of a sum of money or the discharge of some other duty or service. Techn. Diet. AFFEERERS, English law. Those who upon oath settle and moderate fines in courts leet. Hawk. 1. 2, c. 112. […]

  • Affection

    English Law: Affection in the Past The making over, pawning or mortgaging a thing to assurp the payment of a sum of money or the discharge of some other duty or service. Techn. Diet. AFFEERERS, English law. Those who upon oath settle and moderate fines in courts leet. Hawk. 1. 2, c. 112. […]