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Estate clause

Estate clause, an express clause in conveyances, passing all the estate, right,

Deed

Act, 1925, s. 63, in like manner dispenses with the 'estate clause' or clause conveying all the estate right etc., of the

Tail

Tail [fr. tailler, Fr., to prune]. An estate-tail was formerly a freehold of inheritance and is now an … prescribing and simplifying the mode of disposition. The general enabling clause (s. 15) enacts, that 'after December 31st, 1833, every actual

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Act of Parliament

Acts naturalising a party, dissolving a marriage, or setting particular estates. There is a further class of Acts which contain clauses … estates. There is a further class of Acts which contain clauses frequently required in local Acts. The provisions of such general

Name and arms clause

arms clause, a clause enjoining persons on whom property or estates are settled, either by deed or will, to take and

remote

being in violation of the rule against perpetuities [a contingent estate] 2 : acting, acted on, or controlled indirectly or from … rule against perpetuities for the vesting of interests [the residuary clause…violates the rule against vesting "Estate of Grove, 70 Cal. App.

Descent

Descent, one of the two chief methods of acquiring an estate in lands before 1926. It is defined in the interpretation … in lands before 1926. It is defined in the interpretation clause of the Inheritance Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Wm. 4,

Dividend

Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845); a distributive share of a bankrupt's estate or on the winding-up of the company, of its assets. … to Companies Act, 1929, and ss. 120-123 of the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845); a distributive share of a bankrupt's estate

Indian State

commencement of the Constitution, whether described as a State, an Estate, a Jagir or otherwise. [General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of … as a State, an Estate, a Jagir or otherwise. [General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), s. 3(30)] Indian State, is

One Hundred Thousand Pounds Clause

land) on a specified date subsequent to the recovery, the estate of the tenant to the pr'cipe was to be avoided. … One Hundred Thousand Pounds Clause, a clause in the conveyance by the tenant-in-tail to the

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