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Pawn or Pledge

becomes absolute at law; and the pledgor has only an equitable right to redeem. If, however, it be a mere pledge, … mere pledge or pawn. By a mortgage the whole legal title passes conditionally to the mortgagee; and if the goods be

Power

the Act, will operate only in equity and are termed equitable powers. The only exceptions are legal powers (see ibid., s. … appearing below has been retained for the determination of legal titles existing before 1925 and because the equitable force of powers

Trustee

lost title thereto by the creation of a trust. The equitable ownership in the trust property vests in the beneficiaries. The

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Interest

to or out of lands, 1 Inst. 345 b. 4. Equitable interests, all estates, interests, and charges in or over land … termini. Ex vi termini, it extended to estates, rights and titles that a man hath of, in, to or out of

Settled land

anything outside the vesting instrument so far as relates to equitable interests affecting the estate and subject to the provisions of … becoming entitled. The vesting deed constitutes the tenant for life's title to deal with the legal estate, and a purchaser for

Deposit

the repayment of a borrowed sum of money constitutes an equitable mortgage which does not require registration to establish its validity … Sale of Goods Act, 1893, s. 5. A deposit of title-deeds as a security for the repayment of a borrowed sum

Equity of redemption

Equity of redemption. Before 1926 the equitable estate or interest left in a person after he had … is void as a 'clog on the equity' (see that title). But it may be destroyed by (1) a conveyance of

Uses

the Statute of Uses, a use was in its nature equitable, as such; it may be defined to have been a … demand, and therefore he could bring no action, having neither title nor legal estate in the property. (5) Neither could a

estoppel

in asserting a claim or right against another ;esp : equitable estoppel in this entry compare waiver equitable estoppel : an … she asserted in a deed esp. regarding his or her title to the property compare after-acquired title at title estoppel by

Coparceners or parceners

as from the 1st January, 1926, coparceners retain all their equitable rights in the proceeds of sale and in the land … from the ancestor which conferred on them all an equal title to it. It arose by act of law only, i.e.,

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