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Fraudulent conveyances, Statutes against, sect. 172 of the (English) L.P. Act, 1925, now provides that every conveyance of property made either or before 1925 with intent to defraud creditors shall be voidable at the instance of any person thereby prejudiced, but the s. does not affect disentailing assurances or the law of bankruptcy, nor does it extend to conveyances in good faith either for valuable or for good consideration to any person without notice of fradulent intent. This enactment replaces 13 Eliz. c. 5 (A.D. 1570), made perpetual by 29 Eliz. c. 5. See Twyne's case, (1602) 3 Rep 80; 1 Smith's L.C. 1; Halifax Bank v. Gledhill, (1891) 1 Ch 31.The 27 Eliz. c. 4, s. 2, made perpetual by 39 Eliz. c. 18, enacts that every conveyance of lands, made with the intent to defraud and deceive any person, bodies politic or corporate, who shall purchase the same, shall be deemed (as against that person, etc.) to be utterly void. But the Act shall not be construed to defeat or make void any ...
fraudulent conveyance
fraudulent conveyance : a conveyance of property made for the purpose of rendering the property unavailable for satisfaction of a debt or otherwise hindering or defeating the rights of creditors ;specif : a conveyance of property that is made in return for inadequate consideration by one who is insolvent or who is rendered insolvent, undercapitalized, or unable to pay his or her debts as a result of the conveyance or that is made with the intent of hindering, delaying, or defrauding his or her creditors called also fraudulent transfer compare preference NOTE: A fraudulent conveyance is generally voidable by a court or, in a bankruptcy case, by the trustee in bankruptcy. ...
Voluntary conveyance
Voluntary conveyance. A conveyance by way of gift or otherwise without valuable consideration. Liable to be defeated, under 27 Eliz. c. 4, by a subsequent sale for value, but no voluntary disposition whenever made shall be deemed to have been made with intent to defraud by reason only that a subsequent conveyance for valuable consideration was made if that conveyance was made after the 18th January, 1893: (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 173, reproducing 27 Eliz. c. 4, as amended by the (English) Voluntary Conveyances Act, 1893. Any conveyance made with intent to defeat or delay creditors may be set aside under 13 Eliz. c. 5; see Twyne's Case, (1601) 3 Rep. 80; 1 Sm. L.C., unless the conveyance was made for valuable consideration and in good faith or upon good consideration and in good faith to any person not having at the time of the conveyance notice of the intent to defraud creditors [s. 172 (3), (English) Law of Property Act, 1925] This Act (ss. 172 and 173) repeals and repr...
Fraud
Fraud, a fraud is an act of deliberate deception with the design of securing something by taking unfair advantage of another. It is a deception in order to gain by another's loss. It is a cheating intended to got an advantage, S.P. Chengalvaraya Naidu v. Jagannath, AIR 1994 SC 853 (855): (1994) 1 SCC 1.A term used in a variety of meanings. At Common Law, fraud is actionable under the heading of deceit (q.v.).A knowing misrepresentation of the truth or con-cealment of a material fact to induce another to act to his or her detriment, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 670.In equity and upon the equitable principles which are now applicable in any Court of law, fraud may be described as an infraction of the rules of fair dealing. For the action at law intention and representation (q.v.) are material. In equity an act or its consequences to the person aggrieved may be of greater importance than the intention of the defendant or any representation made to the plaintiff, and the same may b...
Fraudulent preferences
Fraudulent preferences. Every conveyances or tran-sfer of property or charge thereon made, every payment made, every obligation incurred, and every judicial proceeding taken or suffered by any person unable to pay his debts as they became due from his own moneys, in favour of any creditor, with a view of giving such creditor a preference over other creditors, is fraudulent and void as against the trustee in bankruptcy if the debtor becomes bankrupt within three months, Bankruptcy Act, 1914, s. 44; and see Companies Act, 1925, s. 265, in regard to winding-up of companies....
Gift
Gift. The old text-writers made a gift (donatio) a distinct species of deed, and describe it as a conveyance applicable to the creation of an estate-tail; while a feoffment they strictly confine to the creation of a fee simple estate. The operative verb was 'give,' which no longer implies any covenant in law (Real Property Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 106), s. 4), replaced by the Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 59(2), and the deed required livery of seisin. It is obsolete. See Jac. Law Dict.A gift is now understood to mean a mere voluntary assurance or transfer of property without any consideration being given for it. Such a transaction is apt to be very jealously scrutinized in a Court of Equity, and will be set aside on proof of undue influence (see that title), or of a fiduciary relationship of the donee to the donor, see Huguenin v. Baseley, (1806-8) 14 Ves 273; W. & T. L.C.; Morley v. Loughman, (1893) 1 Ch 736 (757); Lyon v. Home, (1868) LR 6 Eq 655. In the absence of any such objectio...
Act of Bankruptcy
Act of Bankruptcy, an act, the commission of which by a debtor renders him liable to be adjudged a bankrupt if the petition is presented within three months thereafter.Under s. 1 of the (English) Bankruptcy Act, 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 59), any one of the following acts of a debtor is an act of bankruptcy:-(a) Having made an assignment of his property in trust for his creditors generally.(b) Having made a fradulent conveyance, gift, delivery, or transfer of his property, or of any part thereof.(c) Having made a conveyance amounting to a 'fradulent preference.'(d) Having, with intent to defeat or delay his creditors, departed out of England, or being out of England, remained out of England; or having absented himself; or begun to keep house.(e) If execution against him has been levied by seizure of his goods under process in any Court or in any civil proceeding in the High Court, and the goods have been either sold or held by the sheriff for 21 days:Provided that where an interpleader su...
Collusive proceeding and fraudulent proceeding
Collusive proceeding and fraudulent proceeding, there is a fundamental distinction between a proceeding which is collusive and one which is fraudulent. When a proceeding is alleged to be fraudulent, what is meant is that the claim made therein is untrue, but that the claimant has managed to obtain the verdict of the court in his favour and against his opponent by practising fraud on the court. Such a proceeding is started with a view to injure the opponent, and there can be no question of its having been initiated as the result of an understanding between the parties. While in collusive proceedings the combat is a mere sham, in a fraudulent suit it is real and earnest, Nagubai Ammal v. B. Shama Rao, (1956) SCR 451: AIR 1956 SC 593 (599). [Transfer of Property Act (4 of 1882), s. 52]...
Stolen property or property fraudulently obtained
Stolen property or property fraudulently obtained, the words 'stolen property or property fraudu-lently obtained' merely denote the attribute or characteristic of the property. If the property is capable of being described as 'stolen property' or 'property fraudulently obtained' by whomsoever it might have been stolen or fraudulently obtained, that would be sufficient to comply with the requirements of the s.. The s. merely speaks of the character of the property - whether it satisfies the particular description and does not say by whom it should have been stolen or fraudulently obtained, Champaklal Ganeshmal v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1975 SC 160 (162): (1975) 3 SCC 485: (1975) 3 SCR 584. [Bombay Police Act (22 of 1951), s. 124]...
consideration
consideration : something (as an act or forbearance or the promise thereof) done or given by one party for the act or promise of another see also contract compare motive NOTE: Except in Louisiana, consideration is a necessary element to the creation of a contract. The consideration must result from bargaining by the parties, and must be the thing that induces the mutual promises. ad·e·quate consideration : a consideration that is reasonably equivalent in value to the thing for which it is given fair consideration : a consideration that is reasonable and given in good faith ;specif : something with a reasonably equivalent value that under the laws of fraudulent conveyances is given in good faith in exchange for the transfer of property good consideration 1 : a consideration based on a family relationship or natural love and affection 2 : valuable consideration in this entry NOTE: When used as defined in sense 1 good consideration is the opposite of valuable consider...
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