Betwee conjunct persons. By the act 1621, c 18, all conveyances or alienations between conjunct persons, unless granted for onerous causes, are declared, as in a question with creditors, to be null and of no avail. Conjunct persons are those standing in a certain degree of relationship to each other; such, for example, as brothers, sisters, sons, uncles, etc. These were … [Read more...]

Lat. In the civil law. The formal complaint or claim of a plaintiff before the praptor. In old English law. A count or declaration in a real action, (narratio.) Bract, lib. 4, tr. 2, c 2; Fleta, lib. 4, c 7; Du Cange. Intentio essea mala. A blind or obscure meaning is bad or ineffectual. 2 Bulst 179. Said of a testator's intention. Intentio inservire debet legibns, non o les;es … [Read more...]

(Between the jaws of the land.) A term used to describe a roadstead or arm of the sea enclosed between promontories or projecting headlands. … [Read more...]

A pension plan integrated within a Social Security retirement benefits plan. … [Read more...]

Usually refers to the combination of several early versions of an agreement into one final agreement which supersedes all prior versions. May also be used in reference to the combination of people of different races who were prior segregated, usually for anti-discrimination purposes such as the busing of children of the school of one race into another location which consists … [Read more...]