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Expectation of life

Matched in: Term Expectation of life

life expectancy

Matched in: Term life expectancy

Shelley's case, Rule in

which have come into operation before the 1st January, 1926. The rule may be described thus: Where a life free-hold, either legal or equitable in realty (whether of freehold or copyhold tenure), is limited by any assurance … a remainder in tail male general, and is not in contingency or abeyance, nevertheless waiting for, and continuing expectant on, the determination of B.'s life-estate, which is expectant of A.'s death; but after A.'s death, and the

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Curtesy of England

law of England arises by act of law, and is that interest which a husband has for his life in his wife's fee-simple or fee-tail estates, generalor special, aftr her death. Tenancy by the curtesy has been … (1881) 17 Ch D 115. (3) The wife's estate must have been in possession and not in reversion expectant on a life estate or othr freehold estate. 2 Black. Comm. 127. (4) Birht of issue, alive and

Conduct disgraceful in a professional respect

conduct the members of Parliament are expected to observe in order to maintain the highest traditions in Parliamentary life, Practice and Procedure of Parliament, M.N. Kaul and S.L. Shakdher, 5th Edn., 2001, p. 306. The Indian Parliament … Dictionary of Law, William C. Anderson, 1889, p. 114. The standard of conduct the members of Parliament are expected to observe in order to maintain the highest traditions in Parliamentary life, Practice and Procedure of Parliament, M.N.

Liberum tenementum

sufficient. It was sustained by proof of any estate of freehold, whether in fee, in tail, or for life only, and whether in possession or expectant on determination of a term of years, but it did not … any estate of freehold, whether in fee, in tail, or for life only, and whether in possession or expectant on determination of a term of years, but it did not apply to the case of a freehold

Principal of public life

Matched in: Term Principal of public life

Married women's property

born during the marriage, it passed to him as 'tenant by the curtesy (q.v.) of England,' during his life, and after his death to her heir-at-law. (2) Her leasehold estate, her personal estate in expectancy, and the

living will

of an illness from which there is no reasonable expectation of recovery aggressive or extraordinary measures to prolong life such as resuscitation and life support equipment should not be used … an individual expressing hisher desire that in the event of an illness from which there is no reasonable expectation of recovery aggressive or extraordinary measures to prolong life such as resuscitation and life support equipment should not

viatical settlement

settlement [probably from Latin viaticum provision for a journey] : an agreement by which the owner of a life insurance policy covering a person (as the owner) with a catastrophic or life-threatening illness receives compensation for less … covering a person (as the owner) with a catastrophic or life-threatening illness receives compensation for less than the expected death benefit of the policy in return for an assignment, transfer, sale, devise, or bequest of the death

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