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Catching bargain

Catching bargain, a purchase from an expectant heir, for an inadequate consideration. See Expectant Heir.

Bond

particular person, whether the obligor be then alive or not, the time of payment being contingent only. See EXPECTANT HEIRS; MONEY -- LENDERS; POST OBIT BOND; USURERS. Bonds to procure marriage (or marriage brokage bonds), or to

Annual value

Annual value, annual rent at which the building may be expected to let, D.G. Gouse & Co. (Agents) Pvt. Ltd. v. State of Kerala, (1980) 2 SCC 410: AIR

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Abeyance, or Abbayance

Abeyance, or Abbayance [fr. abayer, Fr., to expect, to look at anything with open mouth], in expectation, remembrance, and contemplation of law. The word abeyance has

Hopeful

Full of hope or agreeable expectation inclined to hope expectant

unforeseeable

unforeseeable : not capable of being reasonably anticipated or expected : such that a person of ordinary prudence would not expect to occur or exist under the circumstances

Caveat

a synonym for a Caution (q.v.), under the (English) Land Registration Act, 1925. In Scotland any one who expects certain proceedings to be taken by another may lodge with the Clerk of court a 'caveat.' He is

abeyance

abeyance [Middle French abeance expectation (of a title or claimant), from abaer to expect, from a-, prefix stressing result + baer to gape,

Knew to be likely to be committed

be likely to be committed, the expression 'knew to be likely to be committed' imports at least an expectation founded upon facts known to the members of the assembly that an offence of a particular kind committed,

Hypothetical tenant

as possible tenants, including the owner. 'In my opinion, the rent that the (hypothetical) tenant might reasonably be expected to pay is the rent which, apart from all conditions affecting or limiting its receipt in the hands

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