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Home Dictionary Name: investing Page: 2Enfeoffment
Enfeoffment, the act of investing with any dignity or possession; also the instrument or deed by which a person is invested with possessions.At Common Law, the act or process of transfers of possession and ownership of an estate in land, Black's Law Dictionary, p. 549....
Building societies
Building societies, associations of persons subscribing to a common fund which is employed in making advances to such members (called 'advanced members') as desire to obtain them on the security of real or leasehold property, while those members who do not desire an advance (called 'investing members' ) simply pay their contributions to the society and receive interest thereon. Building societies are either (a) Unincor-porated, or (b) Incorporated. Unincorporated societies (now few in number) are governed by the (English) Building Societies Act of 1836 (6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 32), and certain sections of the old (English) Friendly Societies Acts of 1829 and 1835 (repealed for all other purposes) incorporated therewith. Incorporated societies are governed by the (English) Building Societies Acts, 1874 to 1894, and the (English) Building Societies Regulations, 1895, made thereunder. A cross division of these societies is into (1) Terminating, and (2) Permanent. A Terminating Society is one whic...
Reinvestment
The act of investing anew a second or repeated investment...
Quittor
A chronic abscess or fistula of the coronet in a horses foot resulting from inflammation of the tissues investing the coffin bone...
Recorporification
The act of investing again with a body the state of being furnished anew with a body...
Pia mater
The delicate and highly vascular membrane immediately investing the brain and spinal cord...
Delegation
The act of delegating or investing with authority to act for another the appointment of a delegate or delegates...
company
company pl: -nies : an association of persons for carrying on a commercial or industrial enterprise compare corporation, partnership finance company : a company that makes usually small short-term loans to individuals growth company : a company that grows at a greater rate than the economy as a whole and that usually directs a relatively high proportion of income back into the business holding company : a company whose sole function is to own and control other companies investment company : a company that earns income solely or primarily by holding and investing in securities issued by other companies or by government agencies joint-stock company : a business organization whose capital is represented by shares owned by stockholders each of whom is personally liable for the company's debts limited liability company : an unincorporated company formed under applicable state statute whose members cannot be held liable for the acts, debts, or obligations of the company and that ma...
gift
gift 1 : an intentional and gratuitous transfer of real or personal property by a donor with legal capacity who actually or constructively delivers the property to the donee with the intent of giving up dominion over the property and investing it in the donee who accepts it ;broadly : a voluntary transfer of property without compensation see also delivery compare donation, sale class gift : a usually testamentary gift of a sum to a group of unspecified persons whose number and identity and share of the gift will be determined sometime in the future (as at the death of the donor) com·plet·ed gift : a gift in which the dominion and control of the property is placed beyond the donor's reach gift cau·sa mor·tis [-kȯ-zə-mȯr-tis, -ka-sÄ -mȯr-tēs] pl: gifts causa mortis : a gift of esp. personal property made in contemplation of impending death that is delivered with the intent that the gift take effect only in the event of the donor's...
use
use 1 a : an arrangement in which property is granted to another with the trust and confidence that the grantor or another is entitled to the beneficial enjoyment of it see also trust Statute of Uses in the Important Laws section NOTE: Uses originated in early English law and were the origin of the modern trust. Uses became popular in medieval England, where they were often secretly employed as a method of evading laws (as those prohibiting mortmain) and penalties (as attainder) and to defeat creditors. In response, the Statute of Uses was enacted in 1535. The purpose of the Statute was to execute the use, investing the legal ownership of the property in the cestui que use, or one entitled to the beneficial enjoyment, and abolishing the ownership of the grantee. The Statute did not have blanket application, however. Certain uses, particularly those in which the grantee was not merely a passive holder of the property, were not executed under the Statute. These uses were called trust...
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