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De praerogative regis

idiots, he shall render the estate to the heirs. This was in order to prevent such idiots from aliening their lands, and their heirs from being disinherited. The Act is not repealed by the consolidating Lunacy Act,

Defeasance (defeasance)

can be consummated. So long as it was the law that a condition in a lease not to alien without license was determined by the first license granted [Dumpor's case, (1603) 1 Sm. L. C.], a defeazane

Disabling Statutes

Disabling Statutes, Acts of Parliament restraining and regulating the exercise of a right or the power of alienation; the term is especially applied to 1 Eliz. c. 19, and similar Acts, restraining the power of ecclesiastical

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Dispone

Dispone, to transfer or alienate, Scots Law

Dispose

Dispose, transfer or alienate, Dy. C.S.T. v. Thomas Stephen & Co., (1988) 2 SCC 264: AIR 1988 SC 997: (1988) 3 SCR

Dower

to titles existing before 1926. The original law of dower became among our ancestors, with the increase of alienation, highly inconvenient and obstructive of the free course of conveyances. The legislature by the 27 Hen. 8, c.

Foreigner

subject as defined in sub-ss. (1) and (2) of s. 1 of the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act, 1914, or (ii) has not been granted a certificate of naturalization as a British subject under any

Dum fuit in prisona

he was in prison), an abolished writ of entry to restore a man to lands which he had aliened under duress of imprisonment, 2 Inst. 482.

Limited owner

or constructive, power to enjoy, that is to determine manner of use extending even to destroying, right to alienate, transfer or dispose of etc. Any restriction or limitation on exercise of these rights may result in limited

Entitled to act

payable to the person for whom he is entitled to act, unless he would have been competent to alienate the land and receive and give a good discharge for the purchase money on a voluntary sale. [Land

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