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Hindu Law
s. 4(1)(a) of the Hindu Succession Act are identical in words. The marumakkathayam law [the marumakkathayam system of inheritance means the system of inheritance by descent from a common ancestress. It is called a matrilineal system of
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freehold or copyhold tenure), is limited by any assurance to a person, and by the same assurance the inheritance of the same quality, i.e., either legal or equitable, is limited by way of remainder (with or without
Succession
Succession, the power or right of coming to the inheritance of ancestors. See CANONS OF INHERITANCE; DISTRIBUTION. 1. The act or right of legally or officially taking over
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Tail
Tail [fr. tailler, Fr., to prune]. An estate-tail was formerly a freehold of inheritance and is now an equitable interest which may be created after 1925 in respect of personalty as well
Magna Carta
of his death his heir be of full age, and oweth to us relief, he shall have his inheritance by the old relief; that is to say, the heir or heirs of an earl, for a whole
Copyhold
some manors, the estate devolves upon the heir on the ancestor's death, and is called a copyhold of inheritance. As far as the quantity and modification of interest are concerned, the tenant's estate partakes of the nature
Heirloom
set up in a church, or a tombstone erected there, which go to the heir, together with the inheritance. The ancient jewels of the Crown are heirlooms. Heirlooms strictly so called are now rarely met with. See
Seisina facit stipitem
Seisina facit stipitem. Before the Inheritance Act 1833, the old rule of intestate succession to real estate was that descent must be traced from
Quasi-entail
estate-tail (for the statute De Donis applies only where the subject of the entail is an estate of inheritance), but yet so far in the nature of an estate-tail, that it will go to the heir of
Parties
which the parties to a conveyance are set out is as follows: (1) The owner of the legal inheritance; (2) Persons having equitable or beneficial interests in the inheritance; (3) Persons possessed of chattel interests; (4) The
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