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Derivative settlement

settlement from a husband, that person- (a) if a legitimate child, shall take and follow, up to the age of sixteen, the settlement of his father, or if and so long as his father has no settlement,

Legacy

of the will, if a legacy be bequeathed to a person to be paid or payable at the age of twenty-one, or any other age or certain determinate term, and the legatee die before that age, this

Settled land

this does not apply to a personal representative selling in course of administration or to persons of full age absolutely entitled to deal with the legal estate free from the settlement. The direction of investment lies with

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Rape

v. Union of India, (1994) 5 SCC 704. Rape, is the carnal knowledge of any woman, above the age of particular years, against her will; or of a woman child, under that age, with or against her

Perpetuity

beneficiaries, is made to depend on the attainment by the beneficiary or members of the class of an age exceeding 21 years and thereby the gift to that beneficiary or class or any member thereof or any

Adult

Adult, means a person who has completed eighteen years of age. [Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966 (32 of 1966), s. 2 (a)]. Means a person

Electoral franchise

The (English) Representation of the People Act, 1867, extended the franchise to every duly registered man of full age who was-(i) the owner of lands or tenements, of whatever tenure, for his own life, for the life

statutory rape

statutory rape : rape consisting of sexual intercourse with a person beneath an age (as 14 years) specified by statute NOTE: Many state statutes also specify a minimum age of the perpetrator

Contingent legacy

attain twenty one years, the legacy is vested and not contingent and although he may never attain the age his personal representatives will be entitled to the legacy, but if the words 'paid' or 'to be payable'

child

child pl: chil·dren 1 : a son or daughter of any age and usually including one formally adopted compare issue NOTE: The word child as used in a statute or

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