Baronetcy - Law Dictionary Search Results
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Titles of Honour, are a species of incorporeal hereditament: see Co. Litt. 20 a, and Mr. Hargrave's note (3); Earl Ferrers' Case, 2 Eden, App., p. 373. Accordingly a baronetcy was held to be 'land' within the meaning of the Settled Land Act, 1882, so that heirlooms annexed to the baronetcy could be sold with the leave of the Court, Re Rivett-Carnac, (1885) 30 Ch D 136, Chitty, J....
Baronetcy
The rank or patent of a baronet...
Baronet
Baronet [fr. Baron, Fr., and et, diminutive termination], the holder of a dignity of inheritance created by letters-patent, and descendible to the issue male. The order was instituted in 1611 by James I., who conferred the dignity in consideration of the payment of 1,000l. to the Crown, the money so raised being applied to pay the troops sent to quell an insurrection in the province of Ulster in Ireland. The number was at first 200, but has since much increased.By a Royal Warrant (see The Times, Feb. 12, 1910) an official Roll of Baronets is kept, and no one who is not on that roll is received as a baronet or entitled to be addressed as such.As an incorporeal hereditament a baronetcy is 'land' within the meaning of 'land,' see (English) L.P. Act, 1925, ss. 201(1) and 130(2), with the necessary qualifications arising by reason of the inherent nature of a title of honour, and see S.L. Act, 1928, s. 67 [Re Rivett-Carnac, (1885) 30 Ch D 136]....
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