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In Scotch law. To disprove; to invalidate or impeach; to prove false or forged. 1 Forb. Inst pt 4, p. 162. To improve a lease means to grant a lease of unusual duration to encourage a tenant, when the soil is exhausted, etc Bell; Stair, Inst p. 676, … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
Money paid on enlisting or Impressing soldiers or sailors. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
Improved land is such as has been reclaimed, is used for the purpose of husbandry, and is cultivated as such, whether the appropriation is for tillage, meadow, or pasture. "Improve" is synonymous with "cultivate" Clark v. Phelps, 4 Cow. (N. Y.) 190. … [Read more...]
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TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
(A) estates. This term is of doubtful meaning It would seem to apply principally to buildings, though generally it extends to amelioration of every description of property, whether real or personal; it is generally explained by other words. 2. Where, by the terms of a lease, the covenant was to 1eave at the end of the term a water-mill with all the fixtures, fastenings, and … [Read more...]