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Married women's property

her separate use,' i.e., to the exclusion of her husband, and in recognizing and giving effect to settlements made on her marriage by which some control at least over her property was secured to her, and also

Recognisance

power of justices of their own initiative to bind over a person, though no formal charge has been made against him, see R. v. Wilkins, (1907) 2 KB 380. See also R. v. Sandbach, Ex p. Williams,

collation

collation [French, from Latin collatio bonorum (in Roman law) contribution made by emancipated heirs to an estate under an intestate succession, literally, bringing together of goods] in the civil

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Title

affecting it. A stipulation by the vendor that the purchaser of a legal estate shall accept a title made with the concurrence of an equitable beneficiary if title can be made free from equities under a trust

Transfer

to convey; to make over to another; the document by which property, as shares in public companies, is made over by one to another. The Real Property Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 106) (reproduced in an

Double value

tenant for life or years hold over any lands, etc., after the determination of his estate, after demand made, and notice in writing given, for delivering the possession thereof, by the landlord, or the person having the

Collateral

Collateral, indirect, sideways, that which hangs by the side; applied in several ways, thus:--collateral assurance, that which is made over and above the deed itself; collateral consanguinity or kindred, which descend from the same stock or ancestor as

Gratuity

of retirement benefit like the provident fund or pension. At one time it was treated as payment gratuitously made by the employer to his employee at his pleasure but as a result of a long series of

Charity Commissioners

by the (English) Endowed Schools Act, 1874, were transferred to the Charity Commissioners, and by Orders in Council made under the (English) Board of Education Act, 1899, the powers of the Commissioners over all endowments held for

Perambulation

Perambulation, a travelling through or over. Perambulation of parishes is to be made by the minister, churchwardens, and parishioners, by going round them once a year, in or about Ascension week;

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