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Interested

Interested, a close relative who is a very natural witness cannot be regarded as an interested witness. The term

Distress

c. 12), s. 3; (6) The goods of an under-tenant, lodger, or other person not having any beneficial interest in the tenancy, by the (English) Law of Distress Amendment Act, 1908 (8 Edw. 7, c. 53), if

Limitation of actions and prosecutions

c. 57, the (English) Real Property Limitation Act, 1874, certain periods are fixed within which, upon the principle Interest reipublic' ut sit finis litium, particular actions must be brought or proceedings taken. In the case of simple

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Wills

the execution of any will, to whom or to whose wife or husband any beneficial devise, legacy, estate, interest, gift, or appointment, of or affecting any real or personal estate (other than and except charges and directions

Constructive trust

land sold for unpaid purchase money, and generally, when an estate is subject to a trust or equitable interest or lien, and a person purchases it for value, with either actual or constructive notice of it, the

Contingency with a double aspect

Contingency with a double aspect, is a kind of executory interest which maybe termed an alternative interest. This is an 'interest that is only to vest in case the

Coparceners or parceners

to all the daughters equally. Coparceners had a unity though not an entirety, or necessarily an equality, of interest; if there were tow only, each was properly entitled to the whole of a distinct moiety; and being

In the interest of general public

Matched in: Term In the interest of general public

perfect

appeal) ready for transfer to an appeals court by satisfying procedural requirements b : to put (one's security interest) in a position or status having priority over subsequently perfected security interests or unperfected security interests by taking

Debenture

pro-perty with the repayment at a time fixed of money lent by person therein named at a given interest, but the term is a very elastic one. The word 'debenture' is of ancient origin and appears to

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