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ILLUSORY APPOINTMENT, chancery practice (law)


ILLUSORY APPOINTMENT, chancery practice. Such an appointment or disposition of property under a power as is merely nominal and not substantial. of property under a power as is merely nominal and not substantial. 2. Illusory appointments are void in equity. Sugd. Pow. 489; 1 Vern. 2. Illusory appointments are void in equity. Sugd. Pow. 489; 1 Vern. 67; 1 T. R. 438, note; 4 Ves. 785; 16 Ves. 26; 1 Taunt. 289; and the article 67; 1 T. R. 438, note; 4 Ves. 785; 16 Ves. 26; 1 Taunt. 289; and the article Appointment. Appointment. IMAGINE, Eng. law. In cases of treason the law makes it a crime to IMAGINE, Eng. law. In cases of treason the law makes it a crime to imagine the death of the king. In order to complete the offence there must, imagine the death of the king. In order to complete the offence there must, however, be an overt act the terms compassing and imagining being however, be an overt act the terms compassing and imagining being synonymous. It. has been justly remarked that the words to compass and synonymous. It. has been justly remarked that the words to compass and imagine are too vague for a statute whose penalty affects the life of a imagine are too vague for a statute whose penalty affects the life of a subject. Barr. on the Stat. 243, 4. Vide Fiction. subject. Barr. on the Stat. 243, 4. Vide Fiction.