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Determinable life estates

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Life-estate

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life estate

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Lives

Lives, Estate for. A lease to A. during the life of another or the lives of others was a tenure of very long standing in England, chiefly in

Autre vie, Estate pur

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Conventional estates

Conventional estates, estates for life which are created by the express acts of the parties, i.e., by deed or grant, in contradistinction to … Conventional estates, estates for life which are created by the express acts of the parties, i.e., by deed or grant,

Quantity of estate

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Freehold

An estate in real property of inheritance in fee simple or fee tail or for life or the tenure by which such estate is held

Curtesy

the life estate which a husband has in the lands of his deceased wife which by the common law takes effect

Settled land

concurrence of the parties interested, to direct sales and leases of settled estates, and also enabled tenants for life, without application to any court, to make certain leases binding on the parties in remainder. The Settled Estates … Settled land. For the purposes of the (English) Settled Land Acts, 1882-1890, 'settled land' meant land, and any estate and interest therein, which was the subject of a settlement; and 'settlement' meant any instrument, or any number

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