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SUPERFLUOUS LANDS

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In English law, are lands acquired by a railway company under its statutory powers, and not required for the purposes of its undertaking. The company is bound within a certain time to sell such lands, and, if it does not, they vest in and become the property of the owners, of the adjoining lands. Sweet … [Read more...]

SUPERFOETATION

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med. jur. The conception of a second embryo, during the gestation of the first, or the conception of a child by a woman already pregnant with another, during the time of such pregnancy. 2. This doctrine, though doubted, seems to be established by numerous cases. … [Read more...]

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