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devolution

devolution : the transfer (as of rights, powers, property, or responsibility) to another ...

Devolution, is the passing of property from a person dying to a person living, and in this title the word is confined to the passing of property from a deceased person to his personal representative, Parr v. Parr, (1833) 1 MYJ & K 647 (UK)....

Devolution issue

Devolution issue, within the meaning of paragraph 1(b) of Schedule 6 to the Act of 1998 (Scetland Act, 1998), Hoekstra v. H.M. Advocate (PC), (2000) 3 WLR 1817.May well arise in advance of or every porsibility in the course of a criminal trial under some other provision of the Convention, Montogomery v. H.M. Advocate (PC), (2001) 2 WLR 779.shall not be taken to arise in any proceedings merely because of any contention of a party to the proceedings which appears to the court or tribunal before which the proceedings take place to frivolous or vexatious, Montogomery v. H.M. Advocate (PC), (2001) 2 WLR 779....

Devolution of interest

Devolution of interest, in coparcenary property. [see Hindu Succession Act, 1956, s. 6]...

Devolution to duty

Devolution to duty, The expression 'devotion to duty' appears to have been used as something opposed to indifference to duty or easy-going or light-hearted approach to duty, Union of India v. J. Ahmed (1979) 2 SCC 286: AIR 1979 SC 1022: (1979) 3 SCR 504. [All India Services (Death cum Retirement, Benefits) Rules, 1958, R. 16(2)]...

Interest in coparcenary property, Devolution of

Interest in coparcenary property, Devolution of, see Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (30 of 1956), s. 6....

Settlement

Settlement, means an agreement ending a dispute or a law suit, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1377.Settlement, suggests that, in the process of vesting, the right to possession in such lands is also vested in the State, and thereafter it is settled back with the outgoing proprietor by the operation of law, Brijnandan Singh v. Jamuna Prasad Sahu, AIR 1958 Pat 589.Settlement, the act of giving possession by legal sanction; a jointure granted to a wife; a disposition of either real or personal property or both for the benefit of one person for his life, and after his death for the benefit of another person absolutely, or with a similar ultimate devolution for the use of several persons in succession after the person first named. See last title, and SETTLEMENT ESTATE DUTY.The conveyance of property -- or of interests in property -- to provide for one or more beneficiaries, usu. members of settlor's family in a way that differs from what the beneficiaries would receive as heirs under ...

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