AID PRAYER, English law. A petition to the court calling in help
from another person who has an interest in the matter in dispute. For
example, a tenant for life, by the courtesy or for years, being
impleaded, may pray aid of him in reversion; that is, desire the court
that he may be called by writ, to allege what he thinks proper for the
maintenance of the right of the person calling him, and of his own. F.
N. B. 60; Cowel.
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E CONVERSO . On the other side or hand; on the contrary. E PLURIBUS UNUM . One from more. The motto of the arms of the United States... -
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ESTOPPEL , pleading. An estoppel is a preclusion, in law, which prevents a man from alleging or denying a fact, in consequence o his o... -
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DYVOUR'S HABIT . Scotch law. A habit which debtors, who are set free on a cessio bonorum, are obliged to wear, unless in the summons ... -
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QUOUSQUE . A Latin adverb, which signifies how long, how far, until. 2. In old conveyances it is used as a word of limitation. 10 Co. 4...
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ERROR . A mistake in judgment or deviation from the truth, in matters of fact and from the law in matters of judgment. 2. - 1 Error o...
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