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Dower
in the third part of the lands and tenements of which her husband dies possessed in fee-simple, fee-tail general, or as heir in special tail, which she holds from and after his decease, in severalty by metes
Canary bird
the Canary Islands It was brought to Europe in the 16th century and made a household pet It generally has a yellowish body with the wings and tail greenish but in its wild state it is more
Implied Grantor Estate
Implied Grantor Estate. See WILD'S CASE; TAIL; SHELLEY'S CASE; also GENERAL WORDS.
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Ne dona pas, or non dedit
Ne dona pas, or non dedit, the general issue in a formedon, now abolished. It denied the gift in tail to have been made in manner
Wills
after the testator's death. And s. thirty-two provides in certain events against the lapse of devises of estates tail. By the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 176, a tenant-in-tail in possession may bar the entail … wholly repealed by s. 2 of the Wills Act, 1837, which does not extend to Scotland, where, as generally in Europe, except in England and Ireland, a man cannot deprive his wife and children of a reasonable
Liberum tenementum
trespass, was the only case of usual occurrence in more modern practice, in which the allegation of a general freehold title in lieu of a precise allegation of title was sufficient. It was sustained by proof of … of title was sufficient. It was sustained by proof of any estate of freehold, whether in fee, in tail, or for life only, and whether in possession or expectant on determination of a term of years, but
Terms for years
by way of remainder except by way of trust or by will as executory devises and an estate tail could not be limited in a term at all. It vested in the first tenant-in-tail in possession absolutely: … divest himself of the possession, and the other (the lessee) come into it for a determinate time, are generally sufficient for the purpose. Terms could not be limited in succession or by way of remainder except by
Cy-pres
it). The principle of this doctrine of construction is, that where a testator hs two objects,one primary or general and the other secondary or particular, which are incompatible, the particular must be sacrificed in order that effect … devised lands in a manner transgressing the rules of perpetuity and the Court can by giving the estates tail to the devisees, or any of them carry the property in the precise course marked out by the
Equitable estates and interests
1925, s. 69, but technical words of limitation are still required for the creation of equitable interests in tail in either real or personal property. [(English) L.P. Act, 1925, s. 130] In regard to equitable interests in … ownership in property of the same nature. The rules of descent were the same; words of limitation were generally construed in the same way [see Moncton's Settlement, (1913) 2 Ch 536]. See now L.P. Act, 1925, s.
Recovery
4, c. 74), which substituted a short deed, duly enrolled, as the mode of barring an estate-tail. See TAIL.
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