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L.L.P.

L.L.P. limited liability partnership

L P

a long playing phonograph record designed to be played at 333 rpm … a long playing phonograph record designed to be played at 333 rpm

Tail

not being an executory instrument in freehold land [see s. 60 (4) (b) and (c) of the (English) L.P. Act, 1925, reproducing s. 51 of 1881] It is necessary now either to limit to the heirs of … for this purpose according to their effect if the limitations had been limitations before 1926 of personal property [L.P. Act, 1925, s. 130 (2), except personalty settled by reference to land s. 130 (3)] Sub-s. (4) of

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Rent

Rent [fr. reditus Lat.], a certain profit issuing yearly out of lands and tenements corporeal; it may be regarded as of a … Rent [fr. reditus Lat.], a certain profit issuing yearly out of lands and tenements corporeal; it may be regarded as of a two fold nature--first,

Covenant

of the parties; thirdly, to be construed ut res magis valeat quam pereat; fourthy, when no time is limited for its performance, that it be performed in a reasonable time. Covenants are personal obligations; formerly the did … Covenant [fr. Covenant, Fr.], any agreement, convention, or promise of two or more parties, by deed in writing, signed, sealed, and delivered, by which either of the

Equitable estates and interests

Equitable estates and interests, Rights relating to property of which the legal ownership is vested in another person, or in the equitable owner himself in another capacity. The rights arise … Equitable estates and interests, Rights relating to property of which the legal ownership is vested in another person, or in the equitable owner himself in another

Settled land

or without terms of years for securing the same (as to this see the liberating amendment in the L. P. Amendment Act, 1926, ss. 1 and 2), and references in the Act to the settlement shall extend to … 1 Ch 229. S. 1, defining settlement, does not apply to land held on trust for ale [(English) L.P. Amendment Act, 1926]. See also Ryder and Steadman's Contract, (1927) 2 Ch 62. By s. 4 (2), the

Joint-tenancy

speculation, to two or more persons in the same right, either simply, or by construction or operation of law jointly, with a jus accrescendi, that is, a gradual concentration of property from more to fewer, by the … Joint-tenancy. This tenancy is created where the same interest in real or personal property is, by the act of the party, passed by the same matter of conveyance or claim in

Forfeiture

for an offence or unlawful act, or for some wilful omission of a tenant of property whereby he loses it, together with his title, which devolves upon others. Forfeiture resulted from the following circumstan-ces:--(1) Treason, misprision of … Forfeiture, a penalty for an offence or unlawful act, or for some wilful omission of a tenant of property whereby he

Equitable mortgage

Equitable mortgage, a mortgage under which the mortgagee does not get the legal estate. The following mortgages are equitable:- (1) Where the subject of a mortgage is trust property, which security … get the legal estate. The following mortgages are equitable:- (1) Where the subject of a mortgage is trust property, which security is effected either by a formal deed or a written memorandum, notice being given to the

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