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ACCUSE

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To bring a formal charge against a person, to the effect that he is guilty of a crime or punishable offense, before a court or magistrate having jurisdiction to inquire into the alleged crime. People v. Frey, 112 Mich. 251, 70 N. W. 548; People v. Braman, 30 Mich. 460; Castle v. Houston, 19 Kan. 426, 27 Am. Rep. 127; Gordon v. State, 102 Ga. 673, 29 S. E. 444; Pen. Code Texas, … [Read more...] about ACCUSE

ACQUIRE

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In the law of contracts and of descents; to become the owner of property ; to make property one's own. Wulzen v. San Francisco, 101 Cal. 15, 35 Pac. 353, 40 Am. St. Rep. 17. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition descents, contracts. To make property one's own. 2. Title to property is acquired in two ways, by descent, and by purchase, Acquisition by purchase, is either … [Read more...] about ACQUIRE

ACT OF GOD

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(A) in contracts. This phrase denotes those accidents which arise from physical causes, and which cannot be prevented. 2. Where the law casts a duty on a party, the performance shall be excused, if it be rendered impossible by the act of God; but where the party, by his own contract, engages to do an act, it is deemed to be his own fault and folly that he did not thereby … [Read more...] about ACT OF GOD

ACCRUER, CLAUSE OF

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An express clause, frequently occurring in the case of gifts by deed or will to persons as tenants in common, providing that upon the death of one or more of the beneficiaries his or their shares shall go to the survivor or survivors. Brown. The share of the decedent Is then said to accrue to the others. … [Read more...] about ACCRUER, CLAUSE OF