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KEY. An instrument made for shutting and opening a lock.
2. The keys of a house are considered as real estate, and descend to the heir with the inheritance. But see 5 Blackf. 417.
3. When the keys of a warehouse are delivered to a purchaser of goods locked up there, with a view of effecting a delivery of such goods, the delivery is complete. The doctrine of the civil law is the same. Dig. lib. 41, t. 1, 1. 9, Sec. 6; and lib. 18, t. 1, 1. 74.

KEY, estates. A wharf at which to land goods from, or to load them in a vessel. This word is now generally spelled Quay, from the French, quai.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.

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However, there may be some small hope for the Bramble Cay melomys.

Climate claims new victim

'The key factor responsible for the extirpation of this population was almost certainly ocean inundation of the low-lying cay, very likely on multiple occasions, during the last decade, causing dramatic habitat loss and perhaps also direct mortality of individuals,' the researchers explain.

Bramble Cay melomys: the Great Barrier Reef's only endemic mammal is now extinct

corniger on Abaco and suggests that the Treasure Cay infestation may have been established around 1995.

Establishment of Nasutitermes corniger (Isoptera: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae) on Abaco Island, The Bahamas

GONE FOREVER The Bramble Cay melomys will never be seen again after rising sea levels destroyed its food source on tiny island, inset

END OF THE RODENT; EXTINCT VICTIM OF CLIMATE CHANGE Bramble Cay melomys is first mammal wiped out by global warming

Today, I'm on Ray Rosher's Miss Britton the third day of the 2015 Cat Cay Tuna Tournament, held May 27-31.

Bluefin, the long game: can the great big-game fishing at Cat Cay survive the 21st Century?

Being a Hawks Cay felt more like staying in a resort town, as opposed to simply one hotel.

The key to romance: between key largo and key west, hawks cay soars above other resorts,

The first three reoppose from the Richmond, Heavy Metal, Master Of War and Cay Verde, with Cay Verde's trainer Mick Channon looking to win this race for the first time since Zafeen took the prize ten years ago, while Heavy Metal's trainer Mark Johnston has enjoyed more recent success through Awzaan, the winner in 2009.

Heavy Metals ets the benchmark- Johnston; Dubai Duty Free Mill Reef Stakes 2.35 Newbury 6f G3 C4/RUK Card page 46

Norman Cay Development Inc (OTC:NCDL) (OTCQB:DCGD), an international gold exploration and development company, announced on Friday that the company has changed its name to Discovery Gold Corporation.

Norman Cay Development changes name to Discovery Gold Corporation

The cay, which used to be under the control of the Philippines, lights up at dusk like "a small city." A Vietnamese frigate is always in the vicinity and visible from the Philippine-claimed Northeast Cay.

FOCUS: Philippines grapples with territorial defense in disputed Spratlys

Trumpet Major finished stone last in the Abu Dhabi Irish 2,000 Guineas but Cay Verde dominated the Listed Emirates Equestrian EBF Marble Hill Stakes.

VERDE RED HOT FOR SHANNON

International Resource News-February 15, 2012--Norman Cay Development Inc.

-Norman Cay Development Inc. receives second payment from North Springs Resources Corporation

Eregli Subgovernor Ibrahim Cay said the ship started to leak water from its engine room after it unloaded scrap metal to Erdemir Iron and Steel Enterprises and set sail again.