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Springing use

Uses if made by will at Common Law as executory devises, but apart from statute (see CONTINGENT REMAIN-DERS), executory devises like

Trust

codicillary paper executed with the statutory formalities, but if a devise or bequest of the legal estate be accompanied with any

Heir

make but one heir, Co. Litt. 140. (c) Heir by devise or h'res factus. He who is made, by will, the

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Wild's case, Rule in

Wild's case, Rule in. A devise to B. and his children or issue, B. having no

Tail

to children or issue as purchasers or otherwise; thus a devise. To A. and his issue; or To A. and his

Money land

Money land. In equity, land articled or devised to be sold, and turned into money, is considered as

Inter-vivos

inter vivos as distinguished from a case of succession or devise, Hindustan Lever v. State of Maharashtra, (2004) 9 SCC 438

Ex gravi querela

him to whom any lands or tenements in fee were devised (within any city, town, or borough wherein lands were devisable

Election

effect to every part of it. Thus, if a testator devises his own estate to A and A's estate to B,

Copyhold

hands of the lord or his steward, and they are devisable. (7) A copyholder by general custom may make lease for

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