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Heir

word 'heir' will be construed according to its meaning under the general law in force before 1926, in deeds and wills executed after 1925, under which the 'heir' may become entitled to an equitable interest in personality

Cross-remainders

reciprocal contingencies of succession, which may be implied in a will but must always be expressed n a deed, and should be expressly limited in a will. The broad rule is, that wherever realty is devised to

Yorkshire Registry Act, 1884

1884 (English) (47 & 48 Vict. c. 54), consolidating and amending the Acts relating to the registration of deeds, wills, and other assurances (see the wide meaning of the term in s. 3 of the Act of … (English) (47 & 48 Vict. c. 54), consolidating and amending the Acts relating to the registration of deeds, wills, and other assurances (see the wide meaning of the term in s. 3 of the Act of 1884)

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Corporation or body politic

a corporation is a legal person just as much as an individual. A corporation aggregate can express its will be deed under a common seal. However, a law relating to the business of a corporation is not … Further, s. 74 of the Law of Property Act, 1925, provides alternative methods of execution by corporations of deeds after 1925 in favour of a purchaser, of appointment of agents to sign instruments after 1925 not under

Loading of a use

of the person to whose use the fine of land, of the person to whose use the fine will inure. If deed is executed after the fine , it 'declares' the use, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., … Loading of a use, means in a deed, the specification, before the levy of a fine of land, of the person to whose use the fine

Schedule

p. 494. Schedule, is a list, catalogue, or inventory of details, often as an explanatory supplement to a Will, bill of sale, deed etc., Webster American Dictionary, p. 1303. Schedule, is as much a part of the … a list of fixtures in a lease or details of any matter contained in the body of a deed, document., or of enactments repealed and other supplementary matter in an Act of Parliament, e.g., the Merchant Shipping

Donis conditionalibus, Statute de

the gift': wherefore it is ordained that the 'will of the giver, according to the form in the deed of gift manifestly expressed, be henceforth observed; so that they, to whom the land is given under such

factum

factum [New Latin, from Latin, act, deed see fact ] 1 : a person's act and deed ;specif : the due execution of a will

Portion

Portion, property settled or provided in favour of children or their issue. In settlements by deed or will of personal property, portions were and are usually effected by direct trusts in favour of the

Signature

write, Baker v. Dening, (1838) 8 Ad&E 94. Signature is required to authenticate a will (see WILL), a deed after 1925 (Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 73), a guarantee and other documents mentioned in the Statute

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