Disability
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
The want of legal capacity. "Incapacity to do a legal act." It would include the resignation of a judge before signing a bill of exceptions; Mclntyre v. Modern Woodmen of America, 200 Fed. 1, 121 C. C. A. 1. See Abatement; Devise; Deed; Infancy; Insanitt; Limitation; Marriage; Parties. DISABLING STATUTES (also called the Restraining Statutes).
The acts of 1 Eliz. c 19, 13 Eliz. c. 10, 14 Eliz. cc. 11, 14, 18 Eliz. c. 11, and 43 Eliz. c.
29, by which the power of ecclesiastical or eleemosynary corporations to lease their lands was restricted.
2 Bla. Com. 319, 321; Co. Litt. 44 a; 2 Steph. Com. 735.