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AETNA INCEPTUS, CUJUS PERFECTIO PENDOT EX VOLUNTATE PARTIUM, REVOCARI POTEST SI AUTEM PENDET EX VOLUNTATE TORTIAE PERSONAE, VEL EX CONTINGENTI, REVOCARI NON POTEST

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An act already begun, the completion of which depends on the will of the parties, may be revoked; but if it depend on the will of a third person, or on a contingency, it cannot be revoked. Bac Max. reg. 20. … [Read more...] about AETNA INCEPTUS, CUJUS PERFECTIO PENDOT EX VOLUNTATE PARTIUM, REVOCARI POTEST SI AUTEM PENDET EX VOLUNTATE TORTIAE PERSONAE, VEL EX CONTINGENTI, REVOCARI NON POTEST

AFFIRMATIVE

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Averring a fact to be true; that which is opposed to negative. 2. It is a general rule of evidence that the affirmative of the issue must be proved. 3. But when the law requires a person to do an act, and the neglect of it, will render him guilty and punishable, the negative must be proved, because every man is presumed to do his duty and in that case they who affirm he did … [Read more...] about AFFIRMATIVE