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law.) See Broom's Leg. Max. Thus a condition in a will divesting property in the event of a beneficiary entering the naval or military service of the country is absolutely void, Re Beard, (1908) 1 Ch 383.

Title

that the purchaser of a legal estate shall accept a title made with the concurrence of an equitable beneficiary if title can be made free from equities under a trust for sale or under the Law of

Uses

use, equity interfered, and resuming her old dominion, treated C., the person having the second use, as the beneficiary, and compelled B., having the statute use, to deal with the estate for C.'s benefit as a trustee,

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trustee

a natural or legal person to whom property is committed to be administered for the benefit of a beneficiary (as a person or charitable organization) : the holder of legal title to property placed in a trust

vest

fixed and immediate right of present or future enjoyment of (as an estate) [an interest ed in the beneficiary] b : to grant or endow with a particular authority, right, or property [ a judge with discretion]

settlor

settlor : a person who creates a trust compare beneficiary, trustee

third-party claim

complaint compare counterclaim, cross-action, cross-claim 2 : a claim made by an injured third party (as a third-party beneficiary of workers' compensation insurance) against an insurer or insured for indemnification

disposition

the final determination of a matter (as a case or motion) by a court or quasi-judicial tribunal [the beneficiary of such a of charges against him "United States v. Smith, 354 A.2d 510 (1976)"] compare decision, holding,

annuity

annuity : an annuity in which payments to the annuitant or to the annuitant's estate or to a beneficiary are guaranteed to equal at least the amount of the premium paid for the annuity straight life annuity

subject

life a life insurance policy is written and upon whose death the policy is payable : insured compare beneficiary, policyholder

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