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Thus shall is used with the meaning of obligation, and will with the meaning of desire or intention. An illustration of the supposed contrast between shall and will (when the prescriptive rule is adhered to) appeared in the 19th century, [11] and has been repeated in the 20th century [12] and in the 21st: [13] I shall drown; no one will save me!
The rule against perpetuities is one of the most difficult topics encountered by law school students. [20] It is notoriously difficult to apply properly: in 1961, the Supreme Court of California ruled that it was not legal malpractice for an attorney to draft a will that inadvertently violated the rule. [21]
The plain meaning rule, also known as the literal rule, is one of three rules of statutory construction traditionally applied by English courts. [1] The other two are the "mischief rule" and the "golden rule". The plain meaning rule dictates that statutes are to be interpreted using the ordinary meaning of the language of the statute.
The Four Corners Rule is a legal doctrine that courts use to determine the meaning of a written instrument such as a contract, will, or deed as represented solely by its textual content. The doctrine states that where there is an ambiguity of terms, the Court must rely on the written instrument solely and cannot consider extraneous evidence.
Lincoln then warned that a tyrant could overtake the U.S. political system from within, if disregard for the rule of law continued unabated. [5] He said: It is to deny what the history of the world tells us is true, to suppose that men of ambition and talents will not continue to spring up amongst us.
One of the pivotal moments in Crowley's life was his reception of The Book of the Law in 1904, a text he maintained that he received from a higher entity named Aiwass. This book laid the foundation for Thelema, introducing key concepts such as True Will and the Thelemic law, "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law". [3]
Schools of higher education will no longer be able to withhold transcripts arbitrarily and those that suddenly close must abide by stricter rules to protect students and taxpayer dollars.
Most common-law jurisdictions have enacted an anti-lapse statute to address this situation. The anti-lapse statute "saves" the bequest if it has been made to parties specified in the statute, usually members of the testator's immediate family, if they had issue that survived the testator.