A covenant that there are no incumbrances on the land conveyed; a stipulation against all rights to or interests in the land which may subsist in third persons to the diminution of the value of the estate granted. … [Read more...]

1. Of the Senate of the United States. 9.-1. The constitution of the United States, art. 1, Sec. 3, provides that the senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. When sitting for that purpose, the senate shall be on oath or affirmation. When the president of the United States is tried, the chief justice shall preside and no person shall be convicted without the … [Read more...]

A covenant usually contained in a lease, by which the lessor covenants or agrees that the tenant shall quietly enjoy the premises leased.2. Such a covenant is express or implied; express, when it is so mentioned in the deed it is implied, either from the words used, or from the conduct of the lessor. The words grant or demise are held to amount to an implied covenant for quiet … [Read more...]

of Oxford and Cambridge have jurisdiction in all personal actions to which any member or servant of the respective university is a party, provided that the cause of action arose within the liberties of the university, and that the member or servant was resident in the university when It arose, and when the action was brought. 3 Steph. Comm. 290; St. 25 & 26 Vict. c. 26, … [Read more...]

An assurance to the purchaser that the grantor has the very estate in quantity and quality which he purports to convey. … [Read more...]