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Ecclesiasticus 21:8 (Septuagint - Apocrypha), "He that buildeth his house with other men's money is like one that gathereth himself stones for the tomb of his burial."
What is the meaning and origin of the word mortgage? The term mortgage comes from mort and means "death" (as in mortuary or morta...
From Ballentine's Law Dictionary (1948). 'Human Being' is defined as follows:
'See monster' . From the same dictionary, 'monster' is defined: 'A human-being by birth, but in some part resembling a lower animal.'
This is an unusu...
There are ten essential maxims or precepts in commercial law.
1 - Workman is worth of his hire. The first of these is expressed in Exodus 20:15; Lev. 19:13; Mat. 10:10; Luke 10:7; Tim. 2:6. Legal maxim: "It is against equity for freemen not to have the free disposal of their own property."
2 - The sec...
The parties to a contract should be competent, being of the age of majority/consent, of sound mind, and not disqualified from contracting by any law to which s/he is subject. A flaw in capacity may be due to minority, lunacy, idiocy, drunkenness or st...
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