A rule or order of court made in a particular case, for a particular purpose; it is distinguished from a general rule, which applies to a class of cases. It differs also from a common rule, or rule of course. … [Read more...] about SPECIAL RULE
SPECIAL OCCUPANT
estates. When an estate is granted to a man and his heirs during the life, of cestui que vie, and the grantee die without alienation, and while the life for which he held continues, the heir will succeed, and is called a special occupant. 2 Bl. Com. 259. In the United States the statute provisions of the different states vary considerably upon this subject. In New York and New … [Read more...] about SPECIAL OCCUPANT
SPECIAL ERRORS
Special pleas in error are those which assign for error matters in confession and avoidance, as a release of errors, the act of limitations, and the like, to which the plaintiff in error may reply or demur. … [Read more...] about SPECIAL ERRORS
SPECIAL NON EST FACTUM
The name of a plea by which the defendant says that the deed which he has executed is not his own or binding upon him, because of some circumstance which shows that it was not intended to be his deed, or because it was not binding upon him for some lawful reason; as, when the defendant delivered the deed to a third person as an escrow to be delivered upon a condition, and it … [Read more...] about SPECIAL NON EST FACTUM
SPECIAL REQUEST
One actually made, at a particular time and place; this term is used in contradistinction to a general request, which need not state. the time when, nor place where made. … [Read more...] about SPECIAL REQUEST