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bill

in connection with a suit that a party seeks to have paid by an opposing party bill of exceptions : a bill setting forth the exceptions and objections to rulings made at trial and the evidence relevant

Challenge

Challenge [fr. Challenger, O. F., to accuse of], an exception taken either against things or jurors. In civil actions, when a full jury appear, either party may challenge

Conveyance

vesting instrument, disclaimer, release and every other assurance of property or of any interest therein by any instrument, except a will.' See CONVEYANCING ACT; DEED; LAW OF PROPERTY; TRUSTS. Includes a conveyance on sale and every instrument

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trust

in this entry irrevocable trust : a trust that cannot be revoked by the settlor after its creation except upon the consent of all the beneficiaries land trust : a trust created to effectuate a real estate

Executor

amending the Land Transfer Act, 1897, real property devolves in the same manner as personal property, with some exceptions, e.g., an entailed interest not disposed of by the will, and property held in joint tenancy, and he

Frank-almoigne

held lands of the donor to them and their successors for ever. They were discharged of all other except religious services, and the trinoda necessitas. It differs from tenure by divine service, in that the latter required

Frauds, Statute of

making the same, or their agents lawfully authorized by writing, have the effect of leases at will only, except in the case of a lease taking effect in possession for not more than three years, at the

Gavelkind

abolished by the Administration of Estates Act, 1925, s. 45(1)(a), in the case of all deaths after 1925 except in regard to entailed estates, and descent from a person of unsound mind, as provided by s. 51

Imprisonment

33 Vict. c. 62) (see Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Debt'), by s. 4, abolished imprisonment for debt with six exceptions; but, subject to Rules of Court, by s. 5, allows commitment to prison of a judgment debtor for

Ponendum sigillum ad exceptionem

Ponendum sigillum ad exceptionem, a writ by which justices were required to put their seals to exceptions exhibited by a defendant against

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