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Lapse

of all the benefices in the realm. (2) A device or legacy is said to lapse when the devisee or legatee dies before the testator. In such case the devise or legacy falls into the residuary real

abate

[the legacies abated proportionately] NOTE: A problem arises in estate law when the amount of the bequests and devises made in a will exceeds the assets available in the estate. In such a case, some or all

Remainder

by operation of law, but is always crated by act of parties. it may be granted over, charged, devised, or barred by a prior tenant in tail. Mr. Burton (Comp. Pl. 28) thus indicates the difference between

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Joint-tenancy

freehold in joint-tenants was so entire that they could not grant, nor bargain and sell, nor surrender or devise to each other, much less exchange with or enfeoff one another; the proper mode of assurance from one

Residuary devisee

Residuary devisee, the person named in a will who is to take all the real property remaining over and above

Charitable uses and trusts

upon the foundations thereof; and various Acts of Parliament passed from time to time have also specially exempted devises of lands or moneys charged thereon to the trustees of the British Museum for the benefit of that

Wild's case, Rule in

Wild's case, Rule in. A devise to B. and his children or issue, B. having no issue at the time of the devise, gives

Inter-vivos

conveyance, the transaction would be said to be inter vivos as distinguished from a case of succession or devise, Hindustan Lever v. State of Maharashtra, (2004) 9 SCC 438 (460), Companies Act s. 394. (Transfer of Property

Uses

uses cannot be executed into legal estates by the statute until they arise. (6) It is said that devises are not within the Statute of Uses, because it was passed before the Statute of Wills (32 Hen.

worthier title

worthier title often cap W&T : a common-law doctrine providing that an heir receiving a devise of an estate that is the same as the estate he or she would receive by descent if

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