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BUYING OF TITLES

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The purchase of the rights of a person to a piece of land when the seller is disseised. 2. When a deed is made by one who, though having a legal right to land, is at the time of the conveyance disseised, as a general rule of the common law, the sale is void; the law will not permit any person to sell a quarrel, or, as it is commonly termed, a pretended title. Such a conveyance … [Read more...]

BURYING ALIVE

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In English law. The ancient punishment of sodomites, and those who contracted with Jews. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 27, … [Read more...]

BUYOUT AGREEMENT

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An agreement between contracting parties where one party buys out their obligations under the contract for a certain sum of money. … [Read more...]

BURYING-GROUND

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A place set apart for the interment of the dead; a cemetery. Appeal Tax Court v. Academy, 50 Md. 353. … [Read more...]

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