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Permissive use

in order to avoid a harsh law, as that of mortmain or a feudal forfeiture; it was a mere invention in … use, a passive use which was resorted to before the Statute of Uses, in order to avoid a harsh law, as

Charitable uses and trusts

and trusts. 9 Geo. 2, c. 26, commonly called 'The Mortmain Act,' 1735, after reciting that ifts or alienations of land … literary and scientific institutions, etc. A list of the various statutes enabling land to be acquired for charitable purposes will be

Deed

Tax Acts, gifts of land to charities under the (English) Mortmain and Charitable Uses Act, 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. … run with the land or property. See COVENANT. Before this statute, however, a person not named in an indenture could and

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Magna Carta

to the lord of the fee.' See CHARITABLE USES AND MORTMAIN. The concluding chapter of Magna Charta sets forth that its … the day. The Great Charter, as set forth in the statutes at large, is expressed to be made in the ninth

Alien

on companies registered under the Companies Act, 1929, notwithstanding the Mortmain Acts, has not been extended to alien companies established outside … Act, together with several others, has been repealed and the statute law on the subject is now contained in the British

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