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A form of action used in Louisiana. Its object is to have a contract declared judicially a simulation and a nullity, to remove a cloud from the title, and to bring back,

In the civil law. A kind of ink or writing fluid appropriate to the use of the emperor. Cod. 1, 23, 6.

In life insurance. A policy which is payable when the insuredreadies a given age. or upon his decease, if that occurs earlier. Carr v. Hamilton, 129 U.S. 252, 9 Sun. Ct. 295.

To copy the rude draft of an Instrument in a fair, large hand. To writeout, in a large, fair hand, on parchment.In old criminal law. To buy up so much of a

In old English and Scotch law. Respite; delay; continuance of time; postponement Respiciendum est judieanti ne quid aut durius aut rewissius coustituatur quam causa deposcit; nee euim aut se- vcritatis aut demcntise

State, 11 Ark. 491; Atchison St. It. Co. v. Missouri Pac. R. Co.. 31 Kan. 661, 3 Pac. 284; Orr v. Quimby, 54 N. H. 613. 7. In the law of contracts,

A construction of a law, rule, or remedy which has regard more to the equities of the particular transaction or state of affaire involved than to the strict application of the rule

Contracts are also distinguished into executed and executory: executed, where nothing remains to be done by either party, and where the transaction is completed at the moment that the arrangement is made,

An entire contract is one the consideration of which is entire on both sides. The entire fulfillment of the promise by either is a condition precedent to the fulfillment of any part

Lay corporations are classified as “eleemosynary” and “civil;” the former being such as are created for the distribution of alms or for the administration of charities or for purposes falling under the

One who, having recovered a judgment against the debtor for his debt or claim, has also caused an execution to be issued thereon.

Lat. In the Roman law. Law; a law; the law. This term was often used as the synonym of jus, in the sense of a rule of civil conduct authoritatively prescribed for

Partial insanity. Mental unsoundness always existing, although only occasionally manifest; monomania. 3 Add. 79.

Damages awarded by a jury which are grossly in excess of the amount warranted by law on the facts and circumstances of the case; unreasonable or outrageous damages. A verdict giving excessive