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Qui prior est tempore potior est jure
dates; the first grantee in potior, that is, potentior; he has a better and superior, because a prior, equity, Phillips v. Phillips, (1862) 4 De GF&J 215. But the acquisition of the legal estate may make a … Qui prior est tempore potior est jure. Co. Litt. 14 a, (He who is first in time is better in law.) Broom's Leg. Max. Equitable incumbrances rank as a rule according to their dates; the first grantee
Incorporated Law Society
the Society now remains constituted. The Society was incorporated 'to facilitate the acquisition of legal knowledge, and for better and more conveniently discharging the professional duties of the members of the Society,' under the full title of … 'The Society of Attorneys, Solicitors, Proctors, and others not being Barristers practicing in the Courts of Law and Equity of the United Kingdom'; since the charter of 1903 it has been officially (as before them commonly) called
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Abstract of title
or (before 1926) the property formerly belonging to joint tenants, tenants in common, or coparceners; it is then better to arrange the documents relating to one portion under a distinct heading, so as to keep the title … or his advisers to form an opinion of the precise state of the title at Law and in Equity, together with all chances of eviction or even of adverse claims. At law a vendor cannot convey a
Forfeiture
Waste. The (English) Statute of Gloucester (6 Edw. 1, c. 5), seems to have this operation; but the better opinion is that the forfeiture was abolished along with the writ of waste by 3 & 4 Wm. … against forfeiture of the lease, where the breach was by non-payment of rent, was granted by courts of equity from very early times. Relief may be granted under the (English) Judic. Act, 1925, s. 46, replacing (English)
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