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Verba chartarum fortius accipiuntur contra proferentem

Co. Litt. 36; Bac. Max. Reg. 3; Broom's Max.-(The words of deeds are received more strongly against the grantor.) Bacon styles this 'a rule drawn out of the depth of reason'; but in 1877, Jessel, M.R., in

Voluntary conveyance

173) repeals and reproduces the Acts above referred to with amendments. 'Good faith' appears to mean 'as between grantor and grantee,' since an intent to defraud creditors is the gist of the action and must be proved

Way

same time tacitly and impliedly gives a way to come to it, and the grantee may cross the grantor's land without being a trespasser. Such a 'way of necessity' is limited by the necessity which created it;

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Law

that sense, a law can be distinguished from a grant, because in the case of a grant, the grantor and the grantee both agree about the making and the acceptance of the grant; not so in the

License

License, license gives a rights to do something upon the immovable property of the grantor, which would, in the absence of any such right be unlawful, Rameshwar Prasad Khandelwal v. Commissioners, AIR 1959

Quitclaim

supposed to have in or to an estate held by himself or another is released or relinquished the grantor generally covenanting only against persons who claim under himself

Interesse termini

be capable of taking effect at law or inequity, according to the estate, interest or powers of the grantor, from the date fixed for the commencement of the term, without actual entry.

Homologation

Confirmation or ratification as of something otherwise null and void by a court or a grantor

ground rent

building 2 : a rent charge reserved to himself or herself or his or her heirs by the grantor of land in fee simple, on perpetual lease, or on lease for a renewable term of years NOTE:

indenture

of the debtor 2 : a deed or other document to which two or more parties (as both grantor and grantee) are bound

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