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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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