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Contemplation of the breaking up of one … [Read more...] about CONTEMPLATION OF BANKRUPTCY

To make defense to an adverse claim In a court of law; to oppose, resist or dispute the case made by a plaintiff. Pratt v. Breckinridge, 112 Ky. 1, 65 S. W. 136; Parks v. State, 100 Ala. 634, 13 South. 75a Contestation of suit. In an ecclesiastical cause, that stage of the suit which is reached when the defendant has answered the libel by giving in an allegation. Contested … [Read more...] about CONTEST

In consideration of death, usually which is imminent or expected. The apprehension or expectation of approaching dissolution; not that general expectation which every mortal entertains but the apprehension which arises from some presently existing sickness or physical condition or from some impending danger. As applied to transfers of property the phrase … [Read more...] about CONTEMPLATION OF DEATH

In Roman law. Contestation of suit; the framing an issue; joinder in issue. The formal act of both the parties with which the proceedings in jure were closed when they led to a judicial investigation, and by which the neighbors whom the parties brought with them were called to testify. Mackeld. Rom. Law, … [Read more...] about CONTESTATIO LITIS

Lat. Contemporaneous exposition, or construction; a construction drawn from the time when, and the circumstances under which, the subject matter to be construed, as a statute or custom, originated. Contemporanea expositio est optima ot fortissima in logo. Contemporaneous exposition is the best and strongest in the law. 2 Inst 11. A statute is best explained by following the … [Read more...] about CONTEMPORANEA EXPOSITIO