CONSTITUTIONS OF THE SEVERAL STATES, 107-156. 21. letter from the president of, to Congress, accompanying the con- CORPORATION, how the deed of, should be made, 274. COTTON GOODS, manufactures of, in the United States, 68. CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT, prohibited by the con- reason for this provision, 181. CRUELTY, a ground of divorce, 246. CUTLERY GOODS, manufactures of, in the United States, 69. D. DAKOTA, Territory of, boundaries, extent, history, and condition of, 159. DAMAGES, what a grantee with warranty may recover when he loses DATE, a deed having none, takes effect from delivery, 278. DEED BY INDENTURE, what it is, 283. DEED-POLL, what it is, 283. DEEDS CONVEYING LAND, law of, 273-287. what is essential to such deeds, 273. in this country lands can be transferred only by a deed which is deeds should always be recorded, 273. what the word "deed" means in law, 273. grantor should write his name with ink, 273. if he cannot write his name, he may make his mark, 273. not safe to trust to signature in pencil, 274. the name of the grantee should be written in the proper place, in sometimes written in pencil, to be erased, and a new name inserted; how the deed of a corporation should be executed, 274. safest way to adhere to established forms and phrases in drawing what a seal is in different States, 274. delivery of the deed is essential, 275. delivery as an escrow, what this delivery is, 275. where the grantor puts the deed in the hands of a third person, to a deed to a married woman may be delivered to her or to her when delivered to the grantee, there must be assent and acceptance deeds should be attested by witnesses, who should see the grantor DEEDS CONVEYING LAND—Continued. what the witnesses must remember when called on to testify, 276. witness should have no interest in the deed, 276. a deed may be valid between the parties, although not acknowledged; whether all the grantors should acknowledge the deed, 277. how one who executes the deed for another should acknowledge the a deed should be dated; but if it have no date, it will take effect the necessity and effect of recording, 277. the usual clauses in deeds, 278–233. it is customary to recite in deeds the consideration under which they this is usually the price paid for them, but may be love and affec- it is customary but not necessary to put in one dollar, or some other the seller is not bound by his receipt for the money contained in the he may still sue for the money, but cannot say the deed is void for usual words of a conveyance, 279. the description of the land should be minute and accurate, 279. a conveyance to the grantee without words of inheritance gives the what the words of inheritance are, 279. deeds end by the clause of execution; what it is, 279. what a quitclaim deed is, and what it effects, 279. what a warranty deed is, and what it effects, 279. what clauses make a deed to be a warranty deed, 280. these clauses usually contain four different agreements, warranties, or covenants, 280. nicety of the law as to their exact meaning and operation, 280. how incumbrances on the estate may be inserted, 280. sometimes an estate is conveyed on a condition; but this is a very possible effect of the word "condition" in any deed but a mort if a married woman holds land, husband and wife, joining in one in some of our States she may do this by her own deed, 282. how a married woman may releas、 her right of dower or of home. DEEDS CONVEYING LAND- Continued. a bargain for land or real property, if not written, has no force, 282. mortgages of land, 284. the purpose of a mortgage is to give to a creditor the security of a mortgage is usually a deed conveying the land to a creditor as mortgages are sometimes made to secure a promissory note, and the promise, condition, or agreement, which converts a conveyance but the instrument of defeasance may be a separate instrument, 284. whether courts can relieve the grantor when the condition or defea- great diversity of the decisions on this point; the rule prevailing in the mortgagor has strictly no right to retain possession of the land, a mortgagor has a right to redeem, or an equity of redemption; a mortgagor may give to the mortgagee a power of sale, which de- what this power of sale is, and what its effect is, 286. the time limited for the redemption begins from the day when the in what manner the mortgagee may enter to foreclose, 287. a common agreement is, that the mortgagor shall keep the premises if the mortgagee puts buildings on the land, the effect of it, 287 DELAWARE, convention of, adopted the constitution at once, unani- boundaries, extent, constitution, history, and condition of, 117 abstract of the statute law of husband and wife, and of homestead, DISHONOR OF NEGOTIABLE PAPER, what it is, and effect of, 494 DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP, law concerning, 534. the difference between the law of this country on this subject and provisions as to the inheritance of the real property of an intestate, distribution of the personal property of an intestate, 254. how far similar to that of real estate, 254. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, boundaries, extént, history, and condition DIVORCE, law of, 245. of two kinds: divorce from the bond of matrimony, and from board from the bond of matrimony annuls the marriage altogether, 245. powers of the court as to terms of separation, 245. a divorce from board and bed separates the parties, but leaves them the law of, in England, 245. history of the law of, in this country, 245. what desertion or abandonment is a ground of divorce, 246. condonation, meaning of and effect of, 246. DOMESTIC RELATIONS, rights and duties growing out of, 201 father's liability for minor child, 201. infants or minors, law concerning, 202. infants, who are, in law, 202. on what day persons become of age, 202. contract of an infant, if not for necessaries, voidable, 202. infant may ratify and confirm it, and how, 202. if an infant buys property, an act of ownership after majority con- firms the purchase, 203. continued possession of the property has the same effect, 203. infants' contracts for necessaries not voidable, 203. what are necessaries for an infant, 202, 203, 204. a note given by an infant, when voidable, 204. an infant is liable for torts, or wrongs or offences, 204. DOMICILE. (See LAW OF PLACE.) DORMANT PARTNER, who is, 533. DRAFTS. (See NOTES OF Hand and BILLS OF EXCHANGE.) DRAWER AND DRAWFE, of a bill of exchange. (See NOTES OF E. EMINENT DOMAIN, law of. It is the right of the sovereign to take the sovereign can take private property for public purposes only the most common exercise of eminent domain, 252. ERASURES, in a written instrument, effect of, 278. EXCESSIVE BAIL, prohibited by the constitution, 180. EXCESSIVE FINES, prohibited by the constitution, 181 reasons for this provision, 181. EXCISE, what it is, 64. EXECUTION, clause of, in a deed, how it should be made, 279. EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS, the law respecting, and who a testator may generally direct that his executors or trustees should act as the personal representatives of the deceased, 266. judge of probate, sometimes called surrogate, ordinary, register how they submit a disputed question to arbitration, 266. when they can execute the contract of the deceased as the deceased that the entire right of representation survives to the others on the duties of an executor arranged according to law, 267. when an executor or administrator finds an estate to be insolvent, forms for executors and administrators, 268–273. EXEMPTION LAWS, 649. EXPRESSMEN. (See CARRIAGE of Goods and PASSENGERS.) reasons for this provision, 183. F. FERRYMAN. (See CARRIAGE OF GOODS AND PASSENGERS.) |