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Notice

Notice, the making something known to a person of which he was or might be ignorant. Notice is either (1) statutory; (2) actual, which brings the knowledge of a fact directly home to the party; or...

Inter-State transmission system

Inter-State transmission system, includes-- (i) any system for the conveyance of electricity by means of main transmission line from the territory of one State to another State; (ii) the conveyance of electricity across the territory of...

Further assurance, Covenant for

Further assurance, Covenant for, one of the usual covenants entered into by a vendor for the protection of the vendee's interest in the subject of purchase, to the effect that the vendor will, at the request...

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General words

General words, the clause immediately following the parcels in a conveyance and commencing 'together with all buildings fixtures fences commons ways,' etc. These general words as particularized in s. 62 of (English) Law of Property Act,...

Exchange, Deed of

Exchange, Deed of [fr. excambium, Lat.], an original Common Law conveyance, for the reciprocal transfer of interests ejusdem generis, as fee simple for fee simple, legal estate for legal estate, copyhold for copyhold of the same...

Entireties, tenancy by

Entireties, tenancy by. Before the (English) L.P. Act, 1925, where an estate was conveyed or devised to a man and his wife during coverture, they were said to be tenants by entireties, that is, each was...

Derivative Deed

Derivative Deed. A secondary deed of conveyance or settlement of property, which presupposes some other conveyance primary or precedent, and only serves to enlarge, confirm, alter, restrain, restore, or transfer the interest granted by such original...

Charitable uses and trusts

Charitable uses and trusts. 9 Geo. 2, c. 26, commonly called 'The Mortmain Act,' 1735, after reciting that ifts or alienations of land in mortmain (see MORTMAIN) were prohibited by Magna Charta and other whole-some laws...

Bargain and sale

Bargain and sale, A contract for the sale of real or personal property of any kind operating under the Statute of Uses as a conveyance of the land, or at Common Law, from early times of...

Act of Bankruptcy

Act of Bankruptcy, an act, the commission of which by a debtor renders him liable to be adjudged a bankrupt if the petition is presented within three months thereafter. Under s. 1 of the (English) Bankruptcy...

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