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Uses
19 Hen. 7, c. 15, extended, for the first time, the estate of the cestui que use. In general, however, there was but little difference in the terms 'use' and trust. See OFFICIAL USE; ACTIVE USE; PASSIVE … statute would execute. (3) A man could not make his own heirs a purchaser, even of an estate tail, for filius est pars patris-h'res est pars antecessoris; but a man might limit the use so as to
Heirloom
land. By s. 130(1), (English) L.P. Act, 1925, entailed chattels which are heirlooms are not subject to the general powers of a tenant for life under the (English) Settled Land Act, 1925, except by an order of … that 'where personal chattels are settled on trust so as to devolve with land until a tenant in tail by purchase is born or attains the age of 21 years, or so as otherwise to vest in
Marriage settlement
according to the source of the property, for life, with remainder to the first and other sons in tail with remainder to the daughters in tail, the limitations formerly legal being now equitable, and the wife or … and portions charged on the estates. (2) If the property consists of real estate it is now more generally conveyed (see TRUST FOR SALE) to trustees upon trust to sell and hold the proceeds upon the trusts
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Lapse
1925, unmarried, after the testator's death, see Administration of Estates Act, 1925, s. 51(3). It is also a general rule that a trust legacy does not lapse by the death of the trustee in the testator's lifetime … s. 32 of the same Act as to a devise for an estate-tail. Extended to personalty settled in tail under s. 130 of the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925. For the case of a devise of
Fee
charge for labour or services esp. professional services; Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 629. A 'fee' is generally defined to be a charge for a special service rendered to individuals by some governmental agency. The distinction
Perpetuity
the instruments coming into operation after 1925 (Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 161). See POSSIBILITY. For the general law of perpetuities, consult the works of Lewis (1849); Marsden (1883); and Prof. Gray (Boston, U.S.A., 2nd Edn. … preceded by a term for years, and its trusts be postponed until the failure of the issue in tail, they will be void, because limited to arise on an indefinite failure of issue. (2) Limitation the nature
Merger
Capital, etc., Bank v. Rhodes, (1903) 1 Ch 652. As to the merger of charges on property, the general rule is that if the benefit of the charge and the property subject to it vest in the … same time and in the same right' [Re Radcliffe, (1892) 1 Ch 231, per Lindley, LJ]. An estate tail, however is an exception to the rule; for a man may have in his own right both an
Copyhold
No copyhold estate can, therefore, be created at the present day. Copyhold customs are divided into two species:'(1) General, which extend to all manors in which there are copyholders, and are warranted by the common law, and
Consummation
that something into another, C.S.T v. A.B. Ismail, 1986 Supp SCC 218: AIR 1987 SC 1885 (1987) [Kerala General Sales Tax Act, (15 of 1963), s. 5A] The word 'consumption' may involve in the narrow sense using … when a husband, upon his wife's death, becomes entitled to hold her lands in fee simple or fee tail, of which she was seised during the marriage, for his own life, provided he has had issue by
Consumption and use
that something into another, C.S.T v. A.B. Ismail, 1986 Supp SCC 218: AIR 1987 SC 1885 (1987) [Kerala General Sales Tax Act, (15 of 1963), s. 5A] The word 'consumption' may involve in the narrow sense using … when a husband, upon his wife's death, becomes entitled to hold her lands in fee simple or fee tail, of which she was seised during the marriage, for his own life, provided he has had issue by
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