The permitting a tenant who came in by a lawful title, to remain after his right has expired. Vide Estates at suffrance. … [Read more...]

Formerly suitors in the English court of chancery derived no income from their cash paid into court unless it was invested at their request and risk. Now, however, it is provided by the court of chancery (funds) act, 1872, that all money paid into court, and' not required by the suitor to be invested, shall be placed on deposit and shall bear interest at two per cent, per anuum … [Read more...]

A statement of a falsehood. This amounts to a fraud whenever the party making it was bound to disclose the truth. 2. The following is an example of a case where chancery will interfere and. set aside a contract as fraudulent, on account of the suggestio falsi: a purchaser applied to the seller to purchase a lot of wild land, and represented to him it was worth nothing, except … [Read more...]

A fund in the, English court of chancery into which the fees of suitors In that court were paid, and out of which the salaries of various officers of the court were defrayed. Wharton. … [Read more...]

In its literal sense this word signifies to inform, to insinuate, to instruct, to cause to be remembered, to counsel. In practice it is used to convey the idea of information; as, the defendant suggests the death of one of the plaintiffs. 2. In wills, when suggestions are made to a testator for the purpose of procuring a devise of his property in a particular way, and when such … [Read more...]