Sole, Corporation
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Sole, Corporation, one person and his successors, who are incorporated by law, in order to give them some legal capacities and advantages, particularly that of perpetuity, which in their natural persons they could not have had; as the sovereign, a bishop, parson, etc., Steph. Com., 7th Edn., i. 358; iii. 4.
The word 'successors' was essential in order to pass the fee simple in a grant to a corporation sole; without it, a life estate only passes: Co. Litt. 94 b. Words of limitation are not now necessary to convey land to a corporation sole [(English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 60], and by s. 180 (ibid.) any property which vested at any time in a corporation sole, including the Crown, passes and always has passed to his successors unless disposed of by him, and on his death it does not pas to his personal representatives but to his successor [Administration of Estates Act, 1925, s. 3 (5)]. In the event of a vacancy in office, see s. 180, L.P. Act, 1925. As to the property on a dissolution, see s. 181, and Hastings Corporation v. Letton, (1908) 1 KB 378. In a conveyance to a corporation aggregate, on the other hand, words of limitation are unnecessary, and indeed meaningless [Re Woking U.C. (Basingstoke Canal) Act, 1911, (1014) 1 Ch 307; Co. Litt. 9 b, 94 b].
The word 'successors' was essential in order to pass the fee simple in a grant to a corporation sole; without it, a life estate only passes: Co. Litt. 94 b. Words of limitation are not now necessary to convey land to a corporation sole [(English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 60], and by s. 180 (ibid.) any property which vested at any time in a corporation sole, including the Crown, passes and always has passed to his successors unless disposed of by him, and on his death it does not pas to his personal representatives but to his successor [Administration of Estates Act, 1925, s. 3 (5)]. In the event of a vacancy in office, see s. 180, L.P. Act, 1925. As to the property on a dissolution, see s. 181, and Hastings Corporation v. Letton, (1908) 1 KB 378. In a conveyance to a corporation aggregate, on the other hand, words of limitation are unnecessary, and indeed meaningless [Re Woking U.C. (Basingstoke Canal) Act, 1911, (1014) 1 Ch 307; Co. Litt. 9 b, 94 b].
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