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Distinguished from "made." "A 'deed made' may no doubt mean an 'instrument made;' but a 'deed done' is not an 'instrument done,'it is an 'act done;' and therefore these words, 'made and done,' apply to acts, as well as deeds." Lord Brougham, 4 Bell, App. Oas. 38. … [Read more...]
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A writ that lay for one against his neighbor, by the anticipated fall of whose house he feared a damage and injury to his own. Reg. Orig. 153. … [Read more...]
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The person who receives a gift, he to whom a gift is made, or a bequest given; one who is invested with a power to select an appointee, he is sometimes called an appointer. In old English law. He to whom lands were given; the party to whom a donatio was made. In later law. He to whom lands or tenements are given in tall. Litt … [Read more...]
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the name of an ancient writ in favor of a party who was in danger of being injured by the fall, of his neighbor's house. … [Read more...]
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Lat. In the civil and old English law. A house or dwelling; a habitation. Inst 4, 4, 8; Townsh. PI. 183 185. Bennet v. Bittle, 4 Rawle (Pa.) 342. Domus capitularis. In old records. A chapter house; the chapter house. Dyer, 266. Domus conversorum. An ancient house built or appointed by King Henry III. for such Jews as were converted to the Christian faith; but King Edward III., … [Read more...]