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Disposition
SC 1935: (1977) 1 SCR 9. The term 'disposition' has been defined in Stroud's Judicial Dictionary as a devise 'intended to comprehend a mode by which property can pass, whether by act of parties or by an
Laudemium
sum paid to a landowner by a person succeeding to a particular form of land contract by gift, devise, exchange, or sale. The payment equaled 2% of the purchase money, and was paid to the landowner for
House, Houses
(1861) 1 J. & H. at p. 404, per Wood, V.-C.; Co. Litt. 5 b. As to a devise of a 'house,' see Theobald on Wills; Jarman on Wills. Malicious injuries to houses by tenants, or by
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Frauds, Statute of
4 of that Act. The statute also contained important provisions as to the making, revocation, etc., of wills devising land, and as to nuncupative wills, etc., which have been repealed by the Wills Act, 1837 (1 Vict.
Executory uses
Executory uses, springing uses, which conferred a legal title answering to an executory devise; as when a limitation to the use of A. in fee is defeasible by a limitation to the
Executory limitation
limitation of a future interest by deed or will; if by will, it is also called an executory devise. The (English) Conveyancing Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 39), s. 10, restricted executory limitations of land
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,
Divisa
Divisa, a device, award, or decree; also a devise; also bounds or limits of division of a parish or farm, etc., Cowel. Also a Court held on
Contingent remainder
respects as if the contingent remainder had originally been created as a springing or shifting use or executory devise or other executory limitation. Contingent remainders are subject to the rule against perpetuities [Re Ashforth, (1905) 1 Ch
Disclaimer
right of the landlords to raise the rent and asserting a right to hold on a quitrent. A devisee in fee may, by deed, without matter of record, disclaim the estate devised, and after such disclaimer has
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