Devolvement - Law Dictionary Search Results
Autre vie, Estate pur
v. Moore-Smyth, 1896 AC 158. Estate pur autre vie now devolve on the personal representative (Administration of Estates Act,1925, s. 11),
Chief of the Naval Staff
of such officiating appointment the officer on whom the command devolves in accordance with regulations made under this Act [Navy Act,
Forfeiture
property whereby he loses it, together with his title, which devolves upon others. Forfeiture resulted from the following circumstan-ces:--(1) Treason, misprision
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Copyhold
in it. By the custom of some manors, the estate devolves upon the heir on the ancestor's death, and is called
Delegatus non potest delegare
whom an office or a duty is delegated cannot lawfully devolve the duty upon another, unless he be expressly authorized so
Executor
extending and amending the Land Transfer Act, 1897, real property devolves in the same manner as personal property, with some exceptions,
Executor of an executor
vested in his executor, at the decease of the executor, devolves upon such executor's executor; but in the case of the
Expectant heir
borrowed money, to be repaid when the expected property shall devolve upon them. From the uncertainty of this period, the unsoundness
Feodum, or feudum antiquum
Feodum, or feudum antiquum, a feud which devolved upon a vassal from his intestate ancestor.
Fixtures
as are put up for ornament, domestic use, or trade devolve to the personal representative, provided they can be easily removed
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