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Joint-tenancy

have conveyed away his own share in his lifetime, which, of course, each can do; so a partial alienation is a severance pro tanto, for alienatio rei pr'fertur juri accrescendi. The right of survivorship is necessarily reciprocal; … No right of dower or courtesy attaches to this estate, for the jus accescendi is preferred to all charges and incumbrances which do not amount to at least a partial alienation of the share by a lease

Restraint on alienation

Restraint on alienation. Although conditions in restraint of alienation of an absolute interest in possession in either real or personal property … of income or apparently of a reversionary interest, Churchill v. Marks, (1844) 1 Coll 441, until alienation or charging, are permissible, if there is a gift over and the gift is properly expressed [see Re Mabbett, (1891)

Package, Seavage, Bailage, and Portage

Bailage, and Portage, duties anciently charged in the port of London on the goods imported and exported by aliens, or by denizens being the sons of aliens. The Act 3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 66, authorized … Package, Seavage, Bailage, and Portage, duties anciently charged in the port of London on the goods imported and exported by aliens, or by denizens being the

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Certificate

ibid.; and commencement of business, s. 94, ibid., and s. 82, ibid., as to registration of charges. Also ALIENS and Share Certificate; and see Land Certificate. A document in which a fact is formally attested, Black's Law … and 329, ibid.; and commencement of business, s. 94, ibid., and s. 82, ibid., as to registration of charges. Also ALIENS and Share Certificate; and see Land Certificate. A document in which a fact is formally attested,

Vested remainder

an estate in pr'senti, to take effect in possession and pernancy of the profits in futuro, can transfer, alien, and charge it much in the same manner as an estate in possession, 2 Cru. Dig. 204. Interests

Ademption

a specific legacy, i.e., if a testator, after having given a legacy of this nature by his will, alienate the subject of it during his life, it is an ademption and the legacy is gone. As to … the subject of it during his life, it is an ademption and the legacy is gone. As to charges on specific legacies of personal estate, see s. 35 of the Administration of Estates Act, 1925. See Theobald

fee

compare leasehold life estate at estate absolute fee : a fee granted with no restrictions or limitations on alienability : fee simple absolute at fee simple conditional fee : a fee that is subject to a condition: … grantee's body. In most jurisdictions, the fee tail is not recognized. 2 : a fixed amount or percentage charged ;esp : a sum paid or charged for a service [attorney s] contingency fee : a fee for

Purchase

or deferred payment or other valuable consideration, but does not include a transfer by way of mortgage, hypothecation, charge or pledge. [The West Bengal Value Added Tax Act, 2003, s. 2(34)] … manner, other than by descent, or the mere act of law, and including escheat, occupancy, prescription, forfeiture, and alienation. See 2 Br. and Had. Com. 408 et seq. It is possession to which a man cometh not

Forfeiture

of administrators of the property of convicts. (2) Conveyance contrary to law, as transferring a freehold to an alien, who formerly could take lands but could not hold them; wherefore upon office found the Crown was entitled … Crown or of a Statute shall be forfeited to the Crown or the mesne lord. Apparently, the Land Charges Act, 1922, abolish-ing copyholds, may not having affected the claim to forfeiture by mesne lords under this head,

Disposition

can pass, whether by act of parties or by an act of the law' and 'includes transfer and charge of property', Madras Refineries Ltd. v. Chief Controlling Revenue Authority, Board of Revenue, (1977) 2 SCC 308: AIR … which is not conventionally regarded as 'disposition'. Indeed, 'disposition', even accord-ing to law dictionaries, embraces 'the parting with, alienation of, or giving up property.... a destruction of property' (Black's Legal Dictionary), Controller of Estate Duty v. Shri

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