When applied to wills or testaments, this term signifies that they are wholly written by the testator himself. An instrument (e.g., a will) wholly written by the person from whom it emanates. … [Read more...]

To all to whom the present letters shall come, greeting. A form of address with which charters and deeds were anciently commenced. … [Read more...]

These words, inserted in a stipulation to do an act or pay money, entitle the party stipulating to perform at any time before the day; and upon performance, or tender and refusal, he is immediately vested with all the rights which would have attached if performance were made on the day. Wall v. Simpson, 6 J. J. Marsh. (Ky.) 156, 22 Am. Dec. 72. Onoe a fraud, always a fraud. IB … [Read more...]

The olographic testament is that which is writtenby the testator himself. In order te be valid it must be entirely written, dated, and signed by the hand of the testator. It is subject to no other form, and may be made anywhere, even out of the state. Civil Code La. art. 1588; Civil Code Cal. ( 1277. … [Read more...]

1. In legislative practice, a bill including in one act various separate and distinct matters, and particularly one joining a number of different subjects in one measure in such a way as to compel the executive authority to accept provisions which he does not approve or else defeat the whole enactment. See Com. v. Barnett, 199 Pa. 161, 48 Atl. 977, 55 L. R. A. 882; Yea ger v. … [Read more...]