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Remainder
be an estate in reversion. Thus if A. leases to B. for life, with remainder to C. in fee, and C, leases to D. For life, the estate of C. is still a remainder in reference to … contingent remainders to their pristine vigour although the Act had abolished real actions on which they were largely based. This Act, however, provided that the accidental determination by forfeiture, surrender or merger of a preceding estate of
warrant
named in the warrant before the court or a magistrate NOTE: A criminal arrest warrant must be issued based upon probable cause. Not all arrests require an arrest warrant. bench warrant : a warrant issued by a … search] b : to serve as or give adequate reason or authorization for [ed the awarding of attorney's fees] [was not ed by the facts] 3 : to give proof of the authenticity or truth of [a
Magna Carta
a whole barony, by one hundred marks; the heir or heirs of a knight, for one whole knight's fee, one hundred shillings at the most, and he that hath less shall give less, according to the old … Will. SM. (1689)). Also spelled Magna charta, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 963. This Great Charter is based substantially upon the Saxon Common Law, which flourished in this kingdom until the Normaninvasion consolidated the system of
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Priority
property were swept into this rule, viz., all equitable interests inland (i.e., all estates for less than a fee simple absolute in possession or a term of years absolute and corresponding incorporeal hereditaments (see s. 1 of … of an estate in remainder or reversion were transformed into legal mortgages. Consequently the former rules of equity, based on the rule of equity 'qui prior in tempore potior est in jure' ceased to apply. Priority among
Presumptive title
and will indeed be strengthened, by lapse of time, into a title complete and indefeasible. This assumption is based on the well-known feudal maxim that seisin must be the basis or standpoint in the deduction of every … stranger abates and holds out the heir. The law assumes that the actual occupant of land has the fee-simple in it, unless there be evidence rebutting such pre-sumption, or his possession be properly explained and shown to
Hotchpot
but would have more, then he must bring into hotchpots what he had before received. This principle is based upon the equitable doctrine of equality, being perfectly coincident with that conduct that a just parent would pursue … frank-marriage by her ancestor, then, if lands descend from the same ancestor to her and her sister in fee-simple (not in fee-tail), she or her heirs shall have no share in them unless they will agree to
Gift
applicable to the creation of an estate-tail; while a feoffment they strictly confine to the creation of a fee simple estate. The operative verb was 'give,' which no longer implies any covenant in law (Real Property Act, … influence (see that title), or of a fiduciary relationship of the donee to the donor, see Huguenin v. Baseley, (1806-8) 14 Ves 273; W. & T. L.C.; Morley v. Loughman, (1893) 1 Ch 736 (757); Lyon v.
Tenure
had an interest nearly as good as freehold, yet they had not a freehold interest. (3) Copyholds of base tenure were lands of a manor, which was ancient demesne, but held merely at the lord's will. There … only tenures in land now existing with a few unimpor-tant exceptions are (1) free and common socage in fee-simple, including enfranchised copyhold, which is subject to paramount incidents; and (2) a term of years absolute (see LAND).
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