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Attestation Clause
or the husband or wife of such is void, but a will containing such a legacy is otherwise good. [(English) Wills Act, 1837, s. 15] … the same time, who at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other, now subscribe our names as witnesses. It is expressly provided by s. 9 of the (English) Wills Act, 1837
Occupancy
of occupancy, see Re Michell, Moore v. Moore, (1892) 2 Ch 96. The title of common occupancy is now, in effect abolished, for it is enacted by the Wills Act, 1837, s. 3, that an estate pur … all other the existing rules of descent of legal estate in land. See AUTRE VIE. A property in goods and chattels may be acquired by occupancy, for-- (1) It has been said that anybody authorized by the
Administrator
of an interstate decedent. This term once referred to males only (as opposed to administratrix), but legal writers now generally use administrator to refer to someone of either sex, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 46. A … it ceases: Administration durante absentid, when the next person entitled to the grant is beyond sea, lest the goods perish or the debts be lost: Administration pendente lite, where a suit is commenced in the Probate Court
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Debenture
book debts, or as a floating charge, or on calls made but not paid; on a ship; on goodwill or patent or trade mark (see the full list in s. 79) will be void as against the
Tenure
therefore the term customary freeholds is not strictly correct; for although the tenants had an interest nearly as good as freehold, yet they had not a freehold interest. (3) Copyholds of base tenure were lands of a … Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1481. Tenure, the mode of holding property. The only tenures in land now existing with a few unimpor-tant exceptions are (1) free and common socage in fee-simple, including enfranchised copyhold, which
Purchaser
2 Ch 530. Under the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 205, 'purchaser' means a purchaser in good faith for valuable consideration and includes a lessee, mortgagee or other person who for valuable consideration acquires an … under the (English) Inheritance Act, 1833, the descent was in every case to be traced, before 1926, and now, as to a limitation to the heir taking effect as purchaser (see previous title, and (English) L.P. Act,
Abatement
Law (which by 4 Anne, c. 16, s. 11, had to be substantiated by affidavit, and which is now abolished, see. R.S.C. Ord. XXI., r. 20) was one which stated some fact which gave a reason for … to express the deduction that is occasionally made at the Custom House from the duties chargeable upon such goods as are damaged, and for a loss in warehouses. (7) A badge in coat-armour, indicating dishonour of some
Husband and wife
Criminal Justice Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 80), s. 47, but it is still a good defence to prove (except in treason or murder) that the offence was committed in the presence of, and … to the other person see Re Jeffery, (1914) 1 Ch 375, and cases there referred to. It is now provided that the husband and wife shall for all purposes of acquisition be treated as two person under
Trespass
version was first published. But it never obtained recognition in the technical language of the law, and is now archaic even in popular speech, (2) In a second and narrower signification - its true legal sense - … trespass, for which an action of trespass in assault and will lie. Taking of and detaining a man's goods are respectively trespasses, for which an action of trespass on the case in trover and conversion, is given
Unclaimed property
Property.-A finder has a title against all the world except the owner of it (see title FINDER OF GOODS), but within what time, if any, he may convert it to his own use is doubtful. The practice
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