testamentary cause
1causa — /koza/kowza/ A cause, reason, occasion, motive, or inducement. As used with the force of a preposition, it means by virtue of, on account of, in contemplation of; e.g. causa mortis, in anticipation of death. A condition; a consideration; motive… …
2causa — /koza/kowza/ A cause, reason, occasion, motive, or inducement. As used with the force of a preposition, it means by virtue of, on account of, in contemplation of; e.g. causa mortis, in anticipation of death. A condition; a consideration; motive… …
3London Metropolitan Archives — building The London Metropolitan Archives (LMA) are the main archives for the Greater London area. Established in 1997, having previously been known as the Greater London Record Office, they are financed by the City of London Corporation. Based… …
4rejoining allegation — The pleading in an ecclesiastical testamentary cause corresponding to the common law replication …
5responsive allegation — The pleading in an ecclesiastical testamentary cause corresponding to the plea at common law; an answer …
6Roman Law — Roman Law † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Roman Law In the following article this subject is briefly treated under the two heads of; I. Principles; II. History. Of these two divisions, I is subdivided into: A. Persons; B. Things; C. Actions …
7inheritance — /in her i teuhns/, n. 1. something that is or may be inherited; property passing at the owner s death to the heir or those entitled to succeed; legacy. 2. the genetic characters transmitted from parent to offspring, taken collectively. 3.… …
8Legal history of wills — Wills in the Ancient WorldThe will, if not purely Roman in origin, at least owes to Roman law its complete development, a development which in most European countries was greatly aided at a later period by ecclesiastics versed in Roman law. In… …
9List of law topics (S-Z) — NOTOC Law [From Old English lagu something laid down or fixed ; legal comes from Latin legalis , from lex law , statute ( [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=law searchmode=none Law] , Online Etymology Dictionary; [http://www.m… …
10Spain — • This name properly signifies the whole peninsula which forms the south western extremity of Europe. Since the political separation of Portugal, however, the name has gradually come to be restricted to the largest of the four political divisions …
