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• MERGER (Fr. merger, to sink)

MERGER (Fr. merger, to sink)  , in See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, the sinking or " drowning " of a lesser See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate in a greater, when the two come together in one and the same See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person without any intervening estate . In See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to effect a See also:

• MERGER (Fr. merger, to sink)

merger the two estates must vest in the same person at the same See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, must be immediately expectant one on the other, and the expectant estate must be larger than the preceding estate . The See also:

• TERM

term is also used for the extinguishment of any right, See also:

• CONTRACT
• CONTRACT (Lat. contract us, from contrahere, to draw together, to bind)

contract, &c., by absorption in another, e.g. the See also:

• ACCEPTANCE (Lat. acceptare, frequentative form of accipere, to receive)

acceptance of a higher See also:

• SECURITY (Lat. securus, free from care, safe)

security for a See also:

• LOWER

lower, or the embodying of a See also:

• SIMPLE

simple contract in a See also:

• DEED (in O. Eng. dead, from the stem of the verb " to do ")

deed .