Gifted - Law Dictionary Search Results
Contingent legacy
of the will taken as a whole. There are certain other guides to construction, e.g., in general, a gift of interest in the interim or a direction to pay maintenance points to a vested and not a
In the course of carrying on the business etc
on the business etc., the expression 'in the course of carrying on of business etc.' means that the gift should have some relationship with the carrying on of the business. If a donor makes a gift only
donation
donation 1 : the making of an esp. charitable gift 2 in the civil law of Louisiana : a voluntary transfer of ownership of property from one person
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Perpetuity
attainment by the beneficiary or members of the class of an age exceeding 21 years and thereby the gift to that beneficiary or class or any member thereof or any gift over, remainder, executory limitation or trust
Charitable uses and trusts
any person or bodies corporate, or charged by any person in trust, for any charitable uses, unless such gift, etc., should be made by deed (thus entirely excluding gifts by will) executed twelve months before the death
Charities, or Public Trusts
construed as 'references to charities within the meaning of the said Preamble.' In general the question whether a gift is charitable depends not on whether it may, but whether it must be applied to purposes strictly charitable;
Restraint of marriage
Restraint of marriage. On the ground of public policy, conditions attached to gifts or bequests to a person who has never been married, if in general restraint of marriage, are void,
Contingent remainder
original rule that the law will not give effect to a possibility upon a possibility such as a gift to an unborn person if his name shall be Nicodemus, and it has been applied to cases where
ademption
adimere to take away, from ad to + emere to buy, obtain] 1 : the revocation of a gift in a will inferred from the disposal (as by sale) of the property by the maker of the
ingratitude
ingratitude : forgetfulness of or lack of appreciation for kindness or esp. a gift received NOTE: Under the civil law of Louisiana, a gift may be revoked on the ground of ingratitude
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