Category: C

Every one is to be believed in his own art. Dickinson v. Barber, 9 Mass. 227, 6 Am. Dec. 58.

Whose is the advantage, his also should be the disadvantage.

Wing. Max. 53. Whose it is to give, his it is to dispose; or, as Broom says, “the bestower of a gift has a right to regulate Its disposal.” Broom, Max. 459, 401, 403, 404.

Whichever [of two parties] has the division, [of an estate,] the choice [of the shares] is the other’s. Co. Litt. 1006. In partition between coparceners, where the division is made by the eldest, the rule In English law is that she shall choose her share last. Id.; 2 Bl. Comm. 189; 1 Steph. Comm. 323.

The risk lies upon the owner of the subject. Tray. Lat. Max. 114.

Whose right it is to institute, his right it Is to abrogate. Broom, Max. 878, note.

the name given when a man’s wife has been or is unfaithful to him.

Whose is the soil, his it is up to the sky. Co. Litt. 4a. He who owns the soil, or surface of the ground, owns, or has an exclusive right to, everything which is upon or above it to an indefinite height. 9 Coke, 54; Shep. Touch. 90; 2 Bl. Comm. 18; 3 Bl. Comm. 217; Broom. Max. 395.

A term of French maritime law. See A CUEILLETTK.

To whomsoever the soil belongs, he owns also to the sky and to the depths. The owner of a piece of land owns everything above and below it to an indefinite extent. Co. Litt. 4.