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Marriage settlement

Matched in: Term Marriage settlement

marriage settlement

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Married women's property

it was an estate in possession and issue who could in her it had been born during the marriage, it passed to him as 'tenant by the curtesy (q.v.) of England,' during his life, and after his … 'for 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

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Age

give a receipt for income. As to marriage settlements by male of 20 or female of 17, see MARRIAGE SETTLEMENT, 1 Co. Litt. 78; Bro. Abr, 'Age.' For an infant's rights upon intestacy. See INTESTACY. See also EDUCATION;

Derivative settlement

Matched in: Term Derivative settlement

Voluntary conveyance

By the (English) Bankruptcy Act, 1914, s. 42:- (1) Any settlement of property not being in consideration of marriage or upon a sale or mortgage for valuable consideration or property coming to the settlor after marriage in

After-acquired property

After-acquired property. A covenant to settle any property that may be acquired by the wife subsequently to the marriage is often inserted in marriage settlements. The construction and effect of such a covenant depends chiefly on the … any property that may be acquired by the wife subsequently to the marriage is often inserted in marriage settlements. The construction and effect of such a covenant depends chiefly on the language of the covenant itself. See

Post-nuptial settlement

Matched in: Term Post-nuptial settlement

Marriage articles

Matched in: Term Marriage articles

Marital rights

Marital rights. Rights of a husband. Where a woman, during a trety for marriage, made a settlement of property without the concurrence of her intended husband, the husband after the marriage was

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