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A term used among merchants signifying that the entry is made to charge or to credit an individual or thing, without, at the same time, presenting any other part of the operation; it is used in contradistinction to double entry. For example, a single entry is made, A B debtor, or A B creditor, without designating what are the connexions between the entry and the objects which … [Read more...] about SINGLE ENTRY

The acts passed in 1819, for the pacification of England, are so called. They, in effect prohibited the training of persons to arms; authorized general searches and seizure of arms; prohibited meetings of more than fifty persons for the discussion of public grievances; repressed with heavy penalties and confiscations seditious and blasphemous libels; and checked pamphleteering … [Read more...] about SIX ACTS, THE

construction. In grammar the singular is used to express only one, not plural. Johnson. 2. In law, the singular frequently includes the plural. A bequest to my nearest relation, for example, will be considered as a bequest to all the relations in the same degree, who are nearest to the testator. A bequest made to my heir, by a person who had three heirs, will be construed in … [Read more...] about SINGULAR

pleading. When the defendant's plea contains a direct contradiction of the declaration, and concludes with referring the matter to be tried by a jury of the country, the plaintiff must do so too; that is, he must also submit the matter to be tried by a jury, without offering any new answer to it, and must stand or fall by his declaration. Co. Litt. 126 a. In such case, he … [Read more...] about SIMILITER

A contract that appears to be valid but is not. … [Read more...] about SIMULATED CONTRACT