Common slang used to denote the standard common provisions one would find in a contract that are typically included, frequently at the end. In some instances, such provisions are not always appropriate even though they are commonly included in a large number of stock contracts. … [Read more...]

Engl. ecclesiastical law. Notable goods. When a person dies having at the time of his death, goods in any other diocese, besides the goods in the diocese where he dies, amounting to the value of five pounds in the whole, he is said to have bona notabilia; in which case proof of his will, or granting letters of administration, belongs to the archbishop of the province. … [Read more...]

L. Fr. Wood; timber; brush. … [Read more...]

Perishable goods. 2. An executor, administrator, or trustee, is bound to use due diligence in disposing of perishable goods, such as fattened cattle, grain, fruit, or any other article which may be worse for keeping. … [Read more...]

A little bouse or cottage. Blount … [Read more...]