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Strict

A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

Rigorously regular in form; governed by the rule with the greatest exactness. Strict construction: a construction which adheres closely to the words.

In English law

Strict settlement: a settlement of an estate on a parent for life, remainder to his first and other sons successively in tail, remainder to the daughters with cross-remainders, remainder