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Devolvement

The act or process of devolving devolution

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Devolve

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Devolute

To devolve

Real representative

Real representative. The name formerly given to a personal representative on whom real estate devolved on the death of any person between the 31st December, 1897, and the 1st January, 1926, under the

Presentation

devisee or purchaser, unless the benefice become vacant in the lifetime of the patron, when the void turn devolves upon the personal representative, Mirehouse v. Rennell, (1833) 7 Bli 241, being, indeed, a personal right or interest

Personal property

TAIL). Before the (English) Land Transfer Act, 1897, a notable distinction between realty and personalty was that realty devolved directly on the heir or devisee upon the death of a person seised of the estate or inheritance.

Legal representative

person who in law represents the estate of a deceased person or a person on whom the estate devolves on the death of an individual, Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation v. Ramanbhai Prabhat Bhai, AIR 1987 SC

Heirloom

(45 & 46 Vict. c. 38), provided that 'where personal chattels are settled on trust so as to devolve with land until a tenant in tail by purchase is born or attains the age of 21 years,

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