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Trust for sale
crated in settlements and well-drawn wills. The effect was to convert realty into personalty so that the proceeds devolved upon the beneficiaries as personalty unless they elected to take the property as realty (see CONVERSION), except that
Shebaitship
the usufruct depending again on usage and custom, if not devised by the founder. Shebaitship being property, it devolves like any other species of heritable property. It follows that, where the founder does not dispose of the
Hereditaments
205 (ix.), defines 'hereditaments' as real property which, on an intestacy, might, before the 1st January, 1926, have devolved on the heir--descent to the heir having been abolished, save in some cases (see HEIR). The word may
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Chattels or catals
chattels real and freeholds which were not limited to a life or lives was that freeholds of inheritance devolved at law upon the heir or devisee, while chattels real devolved on the personal representatives of the deceased.
Heir
at times used in its more general and comprehensive sense as indicating a person upon whom the property devolves on the death of another and hence when the intent is clear the word 'heir' may well be
Married women's property
property which should belong to her at the time of the marriage, or should be acquired by or devolve upon her after marriage, including any wages, earnings, money and property gained or acquired by her in any
Fixtures
freehold to the heir, yet such of them as are put up for ornament, domestic use, or trade devolve to the personal representative, provided they can be easily removed and are not essential to the enjoyment of
Renounce
probate of the will of which he is appointed executor, his right shall wholly cease, and go and devolve as if he had not been appointed-Court of Probate Act, 1857, s. 79. Whenever an executor appointed in
Disinherit
as an heir from coming into possession of any property or right which by law or custom would devolve on him in the course of descent
Autre vie, Estate pur
to dower or curtesy. See Mountcashell (Earl of) v. Moore-Smyth, 1896 AC 158. Estate pur autre vie now devolve on the personal representative (Administration of Estates Act,1925, s. 11), and are assets for the payment of debts
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