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Definition of Meliorations
1. melioration [n] - See also: melioration
Lexicographical Neighbors of Meliorations
Literary usage of Meliorations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the House of by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, House of Lords, Parliament, Great Britain (1840)
"That as a mala fide possessor, he wan not entitled to claim the value of the
house and meliorations which he had executed during his possession. ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Landlord and Tenant: With an Appendix Containing by Robert Hunter, William Guthrie (1876)
"n tb-6 pleas of the heir to repel the obligation, it has been decided— win.
on heir igt That conclusions against an heir of entail for meliorations ..."
3. Practical Notes on the Structure of Issues in Jury Cases in the Court of by Robert MacFarlane, Thomas Cleghorn (1849)
"But the extent of the meliorations or repairs, and the amount of the expenses or
damages, or other reparation, are proper questions of fact for a Jury. ..."
4. Manual of the Law of Scotland by John Hill Burton (1847)
"meliorations are those improvements of the property let on lease, which either
party may stipulate for the performance of, or which must be executed in ..."
5. The Advocate of Peace by American Peace Society (1857)
"meliorations OF WAR. " The barbarities committed by the Druses in Syria help us
to realize the cruelty of ancient warfare. Among civilized nations war has ..."
6. The Scots Digest of the Cases Decided in the Supreme Courts of Scotland: And ...by John Condie Stewart Sandeman, Scotland Courts by John Condie Stewart Sandeman, Scotland Courts (1905)
"II. portion of the premises, and another part was declared to be interest on the
price of the other portion, and on the cost of meliorations, ..."
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