Bequeath - Law Dictionary Search Results
Bequethen
old p p of Bequeath
Devise
to real property, but, in wills, it may, upon construction, transmit personal property as well as the word bequeath, the proper term-and vice versa. See Hall v. Hall, (1892) 1 Ch 361.
do
with the infinitive without to to form present and past tenses in legal and parliamentary language [ hereby bequeath] do business : to be engaged in business activities (as soliciting sales) ;specif : to engage in activities
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leave
leave left leav·ing : bequeath devise
legacy
legacy pl: -cies [Medieval Latin legatio, from Latin legare to bequeath] : a gift of property by will ;specif : a gift of personal property by will : bequest
fidei commissum
fidei commissum pl: fidei com·mis·sa [-sə, -sÄ ] [Latin fidei commissum, from neuter past participle of fideicommittere to bequeath (a thing) with the request that it be delivered to a third person, from fidei, dative of fides
Charities, or Public Trusts
fruits of the Emperor Constantine's zeal, or pretended zeal, for Christianity, was a permission to his subjects to bequeath their property to the Church. This permission was soon abused to so great a degree as to induce
Wills
Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 178, enacts that it shall be lawful for every person to devise, bequeath, or dispose of all real and personal estate which he shall be entitled to at the time of
Uncertainty
definite limits can be assigned to them, the grant or gift is void for uncertainty: as if one bequeath 'some of his property' to A., or all his property, 'to one of his sons.'
Satisfaction
by a legacy. Subject to any expression or indication in the will to the contrary, if a debtor bequeath to his creditor a sum of money as great as, or grater than, the debt, without taking any
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