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devolve

devolve de·volved de·volv·ing [Medieval Latin devolvi, passive of devolvere to roll down, from Latin, from de down, away +

Devolve

Devolve, of passing from a person dying to a person living, M.K. Balakrishna Menon v. Assistant Controller of Estate

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Devolve

To roll onward or downward to pass on

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

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.

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

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

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

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