L P - Law Dictionary Search Results
Executor
property according to his testamentary provisions after his decease. One who performs or carries out some act, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 591. The leading duties and responsibilities of an executor may be thus classed:- (1)
Contingent legacy
Contingent legacy, one bequeathed on a contingency; e.g., if the legatee attain twenty-one. The contingency may only relate to the … twenty-one. The contingency may only relate to the disposal of the fund, or it may relate to the position or existence of the beneficiary; in the first case as in a bequest to be paid or payable
Chose
to it in equity, Bank of Liverpool & Martins, Ltd. v. Holland, (1926) 43 TLR 29. S. 136, L. P. Act, 1925, transfers the legal right: it should not be confused with the rule on Dearle v. Hall,
Keep your definitions linked to case research
Beneficial owner
Beneficial owner, See COVENANTS, TITLE FOR, and also s. 76 of the (English) L. P. Act, 1925, replacing s. 7, Conveyancing Act, 1881. means a person whose name is recorded as such with
Appointment in exercise of a Power
deed. For frauds on Powers see FRAUD and Farwellon Powers. Illusory Appointments, by s. 158 of the (English) L. P. Act, 1925, replacing and extending the (English) Illusory Appointments Act, 1830 (11 Geo. 4, and 1 Wm. 4,
Alteration
For the meaning of such a covenant, see Bickmore v. Dimmer, 1903 (1) Ch 158, and see (English) L. P. Act, 1925, s. 84, as to restrictions in leases, and (English) Landlord and Tenant Act, 1927 (17 &
Reference
in cases involving matters of account were also frequently made to the masters of the Courts of Common Law under the (English) C.L.P. Acts. The Judicature Acts and rules did not repeal the powers of reference to
Scandal
rumour, or an action whereby one is affronted in public. Disgraceful, shameful, or degrading acts or conducts, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1345. Scandal, in pleadings, is injurious, by making the records of the court the
Marshalling
has a claim upon two funds resorts to the only fund upon which another has a claim, the latter stands in his place for so much against the fund to which otherwise he could not have access: … Marshalling, the act of arranging or of putting into proper order. The doctrine of marshalling assets and securities depends upon the principle that a person, having
Adverse possession
Adverse possession is that form of possession or occupancy of land which is inconsistent with the title of any person to whom the land rightfully belongs and tends to … Adverse possession is that form of possession or occupancy of land which is inconsistent with the title of any person
- ‹ Prev
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- Next ›
- Last »
Try the research workspace - 7 days free