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ONLY SON [5 records]

Record 1 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Estates (common law)
CONT

The codicil which revives the earlier will may not revive a codicil to it. Where a testator made a will in 1866, made a codicil to it in 1871, made a later will in 1871 revoking all prior testamentary papers and in 1872, made a codicil which commenced by stating it was a codicil to the will of 1866 and concluded with the appointment of the testator's son as executor of the will and codicil and the attestation clause also described it as being a codicil to the will of 1866, it was held that the only intention to be gathered from the words of the codicil was that the testator intended to revive the will of 1866 but not the codicil of 1871.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit successoral (common law)
OBS

remettre quelque chose à ..., en ... : Faire passer dans un autre état, ou à l'état antérieur.

OBS

en vigueur : En application actuellement.

OBS

codicille : Acte postérieur à un testament qui modifie, complète ou annule ce testament.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Estates (common law)
  • Property Law (common law)
  • Family Law (common law)
DEF

One whose right of inheritance is indefeasible, provided he outlives the ancestor. To be contrasted with presumptive heir whose claim to inheritance is defeated on the birth of an heir closer in relationship to the ancestor, though at a given point in time the heir presumptive is entitled to the inheritance. (Black’s, 5th ed., 1979)

CONT

An heir apparent is one whose right to succeed is indefeasible provided only that he outlive the ancestor, e. g. an eldest son.(Walker, p. 559)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit successoral (common law)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
OBS

héritier manifeste : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Family Law (common law)
CONT

Contrary to popular belief, "only sons, ""the last son to carry the family name, "and "sole surviving sons" must register for the draft, they can be drafted, and they can serve in combat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
CONT

Le fait d'être fils unique a sans doute été merveilleux dans le sens où bien sûr, il était le centre de toutes les attentions de ses parents, avec une maman réellement hyper-douce et calme, et un père heureusement plus autoritaire.

Spanish

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Record 4 2006-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Religion (General)
OBS

The AACC was established in 1963 as a fellowship of Christian Churches which confess Jesus Christ as God and only Saviour according to the Scriptures. It seeks to fulfill a common calling to the glory of God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Religion (Généralités)
OBS

La CETA a été fondée en 1963 en tant que communauté d'églises chrétiennes proclamant Jésus-Christ comme Dieu et notre seul Sauveur selon les Saintes Écritures. Elle cherche à réaliser une vocation commune à la Gloire du Dieu, du Père, du Fils et du Saint-Esprit.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Religión (Generalidades)
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Record 5 1998-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
CONT

Without zero and negative numbers, René Descartes could not have developed analytical geometry and the familiar analytical diagram with x and y axes. Mathematicians feel as comfortable with "zero’th" as with "first".

CONT

Bede could have created a zero for the zero’th year of the Christian era, with a symbol that represented not only zero but also the man he considered to be the son of God(Jesus).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
OBS

Voir aussi niladique.

Spanish

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