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Wills

1925, s. 176, a tenant-in-tail in possession may bar the entail by disposing of the entailed property by his will if

Statutory trusts

instrument. By the (English) Law of Property (Entailed Interests) Act, entailed interests in undivided shares of land are to be treated

Base fee

a stranger, conveys the fee-simple to another in the property entailed upon him, such other takes a qualified fee by legal

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Disentailing Deed

there is a protector (q.v.) under the instrument creating the entail, his consent must be obtained, otherwise an equitable interest corresponding

Perpetuity

from the per-petuity rule:- (1) A limitation expectant upon an entail, for it can be destroyed by barring the entail; but

Entailment

The act of entailing or of giving as an estate and directing the mode

Disentail

To free from entailment

Gavelkind

case of all deaths after 1925 except in regard to entailed estates, and descent from a person of unsound mind, as

Real representative

a general power of appointment by his will and an entailed interest disposed of by will under the statutory power [(English)

Protector of the settlement

required to enable a remainderman in tail to bar the entail. In the absence of such consent the remainderman can only

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