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Seisina facit stipitem

the rule is still applicable in 'ascertaining the heir' under equitable limitations provided for by ss. 130, 131 and 132 of

Peace, Bill of

Peace, Bill of. This equitable remedy sought repose from perpetual and needless litigation, and protection

Receiver

Receiver, is a person appointed for the collection or protection of property. He is appointed either by the court or...

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Perpetuity

child of that unborn person, and this rule applies to equitable as well as to legal estates; see Re Nash, 1901,

Possibility on a possibility

Whitby v. Mitchell, ubi sup., and the rule applies to equitable as well as to legal limitations [Re Nash, (1910) 1

Preference

(348): AIR 2003 SC 3961. The expression 'preference' means an equitable apportionment of vacancies reserved for backward classes, Indra Sawhney v.

Puisne mortgage

in good faith without notice, the mortgages are to remaina equitable interest. Registration as a land charge is not compulsory but

Qui prior est tempore potior est jure

first in time is better in law.) Broom's Leg. Max. Equitable incumbrances rank as a rule according to their dates; the

Real representative

except to the personal representatives, and testamentary dispositions are only equitable. The legal estate or property will pass to the beneficiary

Rectification

Punj 232 (235). (Companies Act, 1956, s. 155) A court's equitable correction of a contractual term that is misstated; the judicial

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