An ordinance or statute. Especially used of those ordinances or statutes passed in the reign of Edw. I. 2 Inst 156; Britt c. 21. … [Read more...] about ESTABLISHMENT
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ESTATE FOR YEARS
A species of estate less than freehold where a man has an interest in lands and tenements and a possession thereof by virtue of such interest for some fixed and determinate period of time; as in the case where lands are let for the term of a certain number of years agreed upon between the lessor and the lessee and the lessee enters thereon. Blackstone calls this estate a Vide … [Read more...] about ESTATE FOR YEARS
ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE
The First Amendment clause in the U.S. Constitution that separates the church and state. … [Read more...] about ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE
ESTATE IN BANKRUPTCY
Under bankruptcy law, the assets of an estate that will go to and be under the purview of the trustee. … [Read more...] about ESTATE IN BANKRUPTCY
ESTABLISHMENT OF DOWER
The assurance of dower made by the husband, or his friends, before or at the time of the marriage. Britt cc. 102, 103. … [Read more...] about ESTABLISHMENT OF DOWER