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The name of an ancient officer of the common law, whose office and functions are continued in modern English and American administration. The coroner is an officer belonging to each county, and is charged with duties both judicial and ministerial, but chiefly the former. It is his special province and duty to make inquiry into the causes and circumstances of any death happening … [Read more...] about CORONER

One which is placed between two or more others to join them together: the word and is frequently used for this purpose. For example, a man promises to pay another a certain sum of money, and to give his note for another sum: in this case he must perform both. 2. But the copulative may sometimes be construed into a disjunctive, as, when things are copulated which cannot possibly … [Read more...] about COPULATIVE TERM

Joint ownership, usually referring to an estate that is inherited by two or more persons and divided equally. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition A species of estate, or tenancy, which exists where lands of inheritance descend from the ancestor to two or more persons. It arises in England either by common law or particular custom. By common law, as where a person, … [Read more...] about COPARCENARY

The transcript or double of an original writing; as the copy of a patent charter, deed, etc. Exemplifications are copies verified by the great seal or by the seal of a court. West Jersey Traction Co. v. Board of Public Works, 57 N. J. Law, 313, 30 Atl. 581. Examined copies are those which have been compared with the original or with an official record thereof. Office copies are … [Read more...] about COPY

estates. Persons on whom lands of inheritance descend from their ancestor. According to the English law, there must be no males; that is no the rule in this country. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition Persons to whom an estate of Inheritance descends jointly, and by whom it is held as an entire estate. 2 Bl. Comm. 187. … [Read more...] about COPARCENERS