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secure
secure se·cured se·cur·ing 1 : to put beyond hazard of losing or not receiving [ the blessings of liberty "U.S. Constitution preamble"] 2 a : to protect or make certain (as by lien) [make a just and equitable partition and the parties' respective interests "Denton v. Lazenby, 879 P.2d 607 (1994)"] b : to give security for (as a loan) or otherwise assure the payment, performance, or execution of with security [the court imposed a lien on his property to the judgment] c : to give or pledge security to (as a creditor) ;broadly : to cause to have security or a security interest [a creditor secured by a lien on real property] ...
Encumbrance
Encumbrance, the word 'encumbrance' in this section can only mean interests in respect of which a compensation was made under s. 11, or could have been claimed. It cannot include the right or the Government to levy assessment on the lands, Collector of Bombay v. Nusserwanji Rattanji Mistri, AIR 1955 SC 298: (1955) 1 SCR 1311. [Land Acquisition Act, (10 of 1894), s. 16]Means a burden of charge upon property, Magaram v. B.O.R., AIR 1990 Raj 90.encumbrance means a burden or charge upon property or claim or lien upon an estate or on the land. 'Encumber' means burden of legal liability on property, and, therefore, when there is encumbrance on a land, it constitutes a burden on the title which diminishes the value of the land, State of Himachal Pradesh v. Tarsem Singh, (2001) 8 SCC 104: AIR 2001 SC 3431 (3434). [Himachal Pradesh Village Common Lands Vesting and Utilization Act, 1973 (18 of 1974), s. 3]Encumbrance, means a liability which burdens the property, for ex-lease mortgage, easement ...
Constructive trust
Constructive trust, a trust which the Court elicits by a construction put upon certain acts of parties. It arises upon a vendor's lien or charge upon land sold for unpaid purchase money, and generally, when an estate is subject to a trust or equitable interest or lien, and a person purchases it for value, with either actual or constructive notice of it, the estate will still be subject to the trust or equitable interest in the hands of such a purchaser.The doctrine of constructive trusts also arises upon the renewal of a lease by a trustee, or person having a limited interest, in his own name, even in the absence of fraud and upon the refusal of the lessor to grant a new lease to the cestui que trust or expectant; for such renewed lease is held upon trust for the person beneficially entitled to the old lease or the expectant, in order to prevent persons in fiduciary situations from acting so as to take a benefit for themselves. This doctrine is extended to the renewal of leases by one ...
Accountant to the Crown
Accountant to the Crown. One who has received money for the Crown and for which he must account. The Crown's lien upon the lands of the accountant has been abolished by statute, but a lien remains upon the accountant's goods. See tit. CROWN DEBTS...
Charging order
Charging order, an order obtained from a court or judge under the (English) Judgments Acts, 1838 and 1840 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 110), s. 14, and (3 & 4 Vict. c. 82), s. 1, and (English) R. S.C. 1883, Ord. XLVI., charging the stocks or funds of a judgment debtor with the judgment debt.Solicitor's Costs.--The (English) Solicitors' Act, 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 37), s. 69, enables any court in which a solicitor has been employed to prosecute or defend a suit to make a charging order in favour of the solicitor of the successful party for his taxed costs upon the property 'recovered or preserved' through the instrumentality of such solicitor, and the court may make such orders for taxation of and for raising and payment of such costs out of the property as shall appear just and proper, and all conveyances and acts done to defeat, or which shall operate to defect, such charge, unless made to a bona fide purchaser for value without notice, will be absolutely void as against th charge; but no such o...
Floating charge
A charge lien etc that successively attaches to such assets as a person may have from time to time leaving him more or less free to dispose of or encumber them as if no such charge or lien existed...
encumbrance
encumbrance also in·cum·brance [in-kəm-brəns] n : a claim (as a lien) against property ;specif : an interest or right (as an easement or a lease) in real property that may diminish the value of the estate but does not prevent the conveyance of the estate [that these premises are free from all s] ...
secured debt
secured debt Debt backed by a mortgage, pledge of collateral, or other lien; debt for which the creditor has the right to pursue specific pledged property upon default. Examples include home mortgages, auto loans and tax liens. Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts ...
Jus offerendi
Jus offerendi, means the right of subrogation; the right to succeed to a senior creditor's lien and priority upon tendering the amount due to that creditor, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 866....
interest
interest [probably alteration of earlier interesse, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin, from Latin, to be between, make a difference, concern, from inter- between, among + esse to be] 1 : a right, title, claim, or share in property Article Nine security interest : security interest in this entry beneficial interest : the right to the use and benefit of property [a beneficial interest in the trust] contingent interest : a future interest whose vesting is dependent upon the occurrence or nonoccurrence of a future event compare vested interest in this entry controlling interest : sufficient stock ownership in a corporation to exert control over policy equitable interest : an interest (as a beneficial interest) that is held by virtue of equitable title or that may be claimed on the ground of equitable relief [claimed an equitable interest in the debtor's assets] executory interest : a future interest other than a remainder or reversion that may take effect upon the divesting...
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