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devolve

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

Devolve

Devolve, of passing from a person dying to a person living,

Real representative

formerly given to a personal representative on whom real estate devolved on the death of any person between the 31st December,

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Personal property

a notable distinction between realty and personalty was that realty devolved directly on the heir or devisee upon the death of

Presentation

in the lifetime of the patron, when the void turn devolves upon the personal representative, Mirehouse v. Rennell, (1833) 7 Bli

Legal representative

a deceased person or a person on whom the estate devolves on the death of an individual, Gujarat State Road Transport

Devolvement

The act or process of devolving devolution

Shebaitship

if not devised by the founder. Shebaitship being property, it devolves like any other species of heritable property. It follows that,

Trust for sale

was to convert realty into personalty so that the proceeds devolved upon the beneficiaries as personalty unless they elected to take

Tail

not barred or disposed of by will after 1925) will devolve inequity on the person who would have taken realty as

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