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power

or prohibited to be exercised by the states under the U.S. Constitution compare reserved powers in this entry executive power : the power delegated to the executive of a government ;specif : any or all of the

Deed

Lastly, those who are inserted to fix them with notice of the deed, as creditors, legatees, trustees, and executors. When a person acts in two or more capacities, he should be named in distinct parts, according to

Uses

of the fee. (8) A use, being but the creature of equity, could not have been taken in execution for the debts of the cestui que use; for there was no process at Common Law but against

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Power

their effect from the Statute of Uses. A power given before 1926 by a will to A., an executor, to sell an estate, to whom no estate was devised, and a statutory power to sell estates, as

Trust

h'ret in cortice. Trusts may be classed thus:- (I.) Express, or defined by words; divided into- (a) Trusts executed, perfect, complete, or constituted. (b) Trusts executory, imperfect, incomplete, or directory. (II.) Arising by operation of law, such

Consideration

its validity either in law or equity (except for some kinds of equitable relief, see infra), because the execution of a deed is attended by formalities from which a deliberate intention to make a binding promise is

will

of a person's wishes regarding the disposal of his or her property after death ;esp : a formally executed written instrument by which a person makes disposition of his or her estate to take effect after death

Republication of Wills

be in any manner revoked, shall be revived otherwise than by the re-execution thereof, or by a codicil executed in manner hereinbefore required, and showing an intention to revive the same; and when any will or codicil

Stamp duties

but the stamp in accordance with the law in force at the time when the document was first executed. Very important alterations in the law of stamps were effected by the Customs and Inland Revenue Act, 1888.

Administrative law

1(1), 4th Edn. (2001), Para 1, p. 5. Means the law governing the organisation and operation of the executive branch of government (including independent agencies) and the relations of the executive with the legislature, the judiciary and

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