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Merger
rule; for a man may have in his own right both an estate tail and a reversion in fee; and the estate tail, though a less estate, will not merge in the fee, 2 Bl. Com. 177. … in the same instant of time and by the same means which originated the other estate; and the determination or acquisition of an intermediate estate may be the cause of merger, as between estates kept distinct by
Costs
motions and proceedings in the course of the suit or action, or final, allowed when the matter is determined. Neither party was entitled to costs at Common Law, but the Statute of Gloucester (6 Edw. 1, c. … paid for stamps, etc., to the officers of the Court, or to the counsel and solicitors, for their fees, etc. Costs in actions are either between solicitor and client, being what are payable in every case to
Tenant
law 'one who holds lands by any kind of title whether for years or for life or in fee' and does not necessarily mean a lessee unless it is used in opposition to landlord, Ekambara Ayyar v. … Tenant, embraces in itself, the heirs of the deceased called 'statutory tenants' as even after the determination of the tenancy continued to have an estate on the tenanted premises, which are heritable, Kasturi Lal v.
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Solicitor
LXV. Rr. 8-27; in County Courts, by the County Court Rules, Ord. LIII., and Schedule thereto of Court fee and costs (see Annual County Courts Practice, 1934, Part II.). The remuneration of solicitors in conveyancing and non-contentious … business is provided for by s 63 (2) and s. 56 (6), respectively. The taxing officer may, in determining the remuneration to be allowed to the solicitor for his services, allow additional remuneration for diligence in non-contentious
Copyhold
as freeholds or leaseholds. The latter include life estates which have been converted to terms for ninety years determinable by notice upon cessor of the life or lives, see (English) Law of Properties Acts, 1922, s. 133 … the same quantities of interest in this tenure as he may enjoy in freeholds, as an estate in fee-simple or (by particular custom) fee-tail, or for life, and he may have only a chattel interest of an
Magna Carta
a whole barony, by one hundred marks; the heir or heirs of a knight, for one whole knight's fee, one hundred shillings at the most, and he that hath less shall give less, according to the old … at the coming of our foresaid justicers, being sent to take those assizes in the counties, cannot be determined, shall be ended by them in some other place in their circuit; and those things which for difficulty
Justices
s. 1] The office of Justice of the Peace subsists during the pleasure of the Crown, and is determinable (1) by express writ under the Great Seal; (2) by writ of supersedeas; (3) by a new commission; … Vict. c. 48), s. 2. These justices ('stipendiary magistrates' excepted: see MAGISTRATE) act gratuitously, receiving no salary or fees. By the (English) Justices Qualification Act, 1744 (18 Geo. 2, c. 20), every justice for a county had
Contingent remainder
and has been supplanted by the modern doctrine of an estate owner with power to alienate the entire fee simple or term of years in the property. 2. An estate cannot be given to an unborn person … which may never happen or be performed, or which may not happen or be performed till after the determination of the preceding estate, Fearne, Cont. Remainders. The legal estate in contingent remainders has been abolished by the
Intoxicating liquor
conviction is entered on the register as well as forfeitures, and disqualifications of premises or persons. A registra-tion fee of 1s. is payable on every grant, renewal, transfer, or removal. 9. Police Regulations.--The holders of licences are … interested,' and in default of agreement between them and quarter sessions the amount of it is to be determined by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue subject to appeal to the High Court of Justice, but the compensation
Distress
c. 18) (commonly numbered 14), ss. 6, 7, gives a landlord power to distrain within six months after determination of the lease, but it must be made during the continuance of the landlord's title or interest, and … to make rules from time to time for regulating the security to be required from bailiffs, and the fees, charges, and expenses of distress, and also for carrying into effect the objects of the (English) Act of
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