executed fine
executed fine (英格兰古法)佃户作为地产受让人的权利被确认时向领主所缴纳的费用
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return of writ
return of writ. The sheriff’s bringing back a writ to the court that issued it, with a short written account (usu. on the back) of the manner in which the writ was executed. — Often shortened to return. See RETURN(1). [Cases: Execution 334; Sheriffs and Constables 87. C.J.S. Executions §§ 324–325; Sheriffs and Constables §§
executive power
executive power. Constitutional law. The power to see that the laws are duly executed and enforced. • Under federal law, this power is vested in the President; in the states, it is vested in the governors. The President’s enumerated powers are found in the U.S. Constitution, art. II, § 2; governors’ executive powers are provided
perfect instrument
An instrument (such as a deed or mortgage) that is executed and filed with a public registry.
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amnesty
amnesty, n. A pardon extended by the government to a group or class of persons, usu. for a political offense; the act of a sovereign power officially forgiving certain classes of persons who are subject to trial but have not yet been convicted (the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act provided amnesty for undocumented aliens
gwalstow
gwalstow (gwawl-stoh). [fr. Old English gwal “gallows” + stow “place”] Hist. A place where criminals were executed.
pars contractus
pars contractus (pahrz k[schwa]n-trak-t[schwa]s). [Law Latin] Hist. Part of the contract. “Verbal consensual contracts are binding upon the contracting parties immediately upon their consents being interchanged, and neither of them can afterwards resile from the transaction …. But if it be agreed that their contract shall be reduced to writing, such agreement being pars contractus,
general non est factum
Hist. A broad, nonspecific denial that an instrument was executed or executed properly.
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lost will
An executed will that cannot be found at the testator’s death. • Its contents can be proved by parol evidence in many jurisdictions. The common-law presumption — still the view of the overwhelming majority of American jurisdictions — is that there is a presumption of revocation if a lost will is proved to have been