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Maintenance

must surely include, where there are no such rooms, their construction and then their maintenance, State v. Kunja Behari Chandra, AIR … or otherwise as provided under settlements created after 1925, see Trustee Act, 1925, s. 31, reproducing and extending the Conveyancing Act,

Originating summons

for foreclosure or redemption of mortgages; for determining questions of construction of a written instrument, and for numerous other purposes; see … particular questions arising in the administration of an estate or trust, without the administration of the whole estate or trust; for

deposit

common-law bailment, the civil law deposit requires either actual or constructive delivery. necessary deposit : a deposit compelled by a sudden … in an account) [holding the property on ] compare escrow, trust 2 : something placed for safekeeping: as a : money

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cy pres

in conformity with the intention of the testator when literal construction is illegal, impracticable, or impossible adv : in accordance with … near (as possible)] : a rule in the law of trusts and estates that provides for the interpretation of instruments as

interest

by one's residence and that was incurred for the acquisition, construction, improvement, or refinancing of the residence or through a home … use and benefit of property [a beneficial interest in the trust] contingent interest : a future interest whose vesting is dependent

Annuity

real and personal estate, its nature will depend upon the construction which the Court will give to the grant. In a … If there is only a power as distinguished from a trust to purchase an annuity, the annuitant's right to the capital

Covenant

a deed is subject to the general rules for the construction of such instruents; as, first, to be always taken most … expression which import an agreement will suffice [Re De Ros' Trust, (1885) 31 Ch D 88]. A covenant to do a

Dower

Act, 1925, ss. 45(1)(c) and 51 (2), or in the construction of equitable interests under s. 130, (English) Law of Property … the determina-tion of his estate in his lifetime, to a trustee and his heirs for the life of the purchaser in

Fraud

Lord Norreys, (1890) 15 App Cas 210; see also LACHES. Constructive fraud. Such acts or contracts as, though not originating in … child, attorney and client, principal and agent, guardian and ward, trustee and cestui que trust, partners, etc. Others are of a

Person

Criminal Procedure does not include a company because such a construction will be repugnant to the context, Modi Vanaspati Manufacturing Company … by the charter or statute of incorporation, see CORPORA-TION; COMPANY; TRUST CORPORATION. It does not include a body of persons. [Representation

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