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Bona vacantia
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bona vacantia
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Escheat
has been abolished by (English) Administration of Estates Act, 1925, s. 45(1). The right of the Crown to 'bona vacantia' now includes real property under (English) A.E. Act, 1925, s. 46. See BONA VACAN-TIA. The title of the
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Abandonee
Abandonee, one to whom anything is relinquished. The expression 'abandoned property' or to use the more familiar term 'bona vacantia' comprises properties of two different kinds, those which come in by escheat and those over which no one
Dissolution
Court may defer and, under s. 294, avoid a dissolution within two years from its date, and see BONA VACANTIA. A 'dissolution' brings an end to the life of the House of the People or the State Legislative
Widow
[see s. 47 (3)]. Husband and wife, beneficiaries, count as two persons. In default of the above, see BONA VACANTIA. See also DOWER; INHERITANCE; DISTRIBUTION, STATUTE OF; INTESTATES' ESTATES ACT (for deaths before 1926). Widows are privileged by
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