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Separate estate
posses any property independently of her husband, but when property was settled to her separate use and benefit, equity treated her, in respect to that property, as a feme sole, or unmarried woman. A wife's separate property
Tail
by extinguishment. (5) As 'estate owner,' having an inheritable freehold, he has a right to the title-deeds which equity will secure to him; see also s. 98 (3), S.L. Act, 1925. (6) Although a tenant-in-tail must generally
Feigned issue
pleading, saving thereby both time and expense. It might be ordered either by a Court of Law of Equity, or by a judge under the repealed Interpleader Act (1 & 2 Wm. 4, c. 58). Before the
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Money lender
is excessive, and that the transaction is harsh and unconscionable, or is 'otherwise such that a Court of Equity would give relief,' the Court may re-open the transaction and relieve the borrower, who may himself institute proceedings
Estoppel
case, (1766) 2 Sm. L.C., and Everest on Estoppel, 3rd ed., See FEED. 'Estoppel' is a rule of equity. That rule has gained new dimensions in recent years. A new class of estoppel has come to be
Account or Accompt
see. 3 Steph. Com., 9th ed. 451, and Bac. Ab. 'Account.' Prior to the (English) Judicature Act, 1873, Equity entertained suits for accounts when they were mutual, i.e. where there existed a series of expenditures on one
Duchy Court of Lancaster
tribunal of special jurisdiction, held before the chancellor of the duchy or his deputy, concerning all matters of equity relating to lands holden of the Crown in right of the Duchy of Lancaster, but not necessarily in
asset
a person, business organization, or estate that is subject to the payment of debts used in pl. compare equity 2 : an item of property owned admitted asset : an asset allowed by law to be included
intervention
in the subject matter of the suit compare impleader, interpleader, joinder NOTE: Intervention developed as a procedure in equity courts. There is some overlap between joinder and intervention because of the merger of law and equity in
law
a general and established entity [the looks with disfavor on restraints on alienation] b : common law compare equity 3 a : the control or authority of the law [maintain and order] b : one or more
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