The American and English Encyclopædia of Law: Index-digestEdward Thompson Company, 1896 - Law |
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action Admissibility Adverse possession Affidavit agent agreement Allegation Amendment assignment Assumpsit attorney authority Bona fide Bona fide purchaser bond breach Burden of proof carrier Choses in action claim common law constitutes contract conveyance corporation covenant creditors crime criminal damages death debt debtor decree deed defects defendant Definition delivery dower Duty Effect election Eminent domain equity Estoppel Examples execution Executors and administrators Failure False fraud Fraudulent garnishee grant guardian Husband and wife illegal indictment Indorsement infra injury Insolvency intent interest Joinder judgment jurisdiction jury land Liability lien marriage ment mortgage Municipal Necessity negligence notice offense officer owner Parol evidence partner Partnership payment person plaintiff Pleading possession Power Presumption proceedings provisions purchaser railroad Replevin Res Judicata Right rule service of process statute Statute of frauds Statute of limitations Statutory suit surety Taxation tenant tion Trespass trial trust Validity void Waiver warranty witness writ