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Guardian

Guardian, means a person having the care of the person of a minor or his property or of both his person and

Trover

Common Law, and see Salmond on Torts. A common law action for recovery of damages for conversion of personal property, the damages generally being measured by value of property, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1513.

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protection afforded to Trustees and Personal Representatives by issuing an advertisement for creditors before distributing any real or personal property, see (English) Trustee Act, 1925, s. 27, amended by the (English) Law of Property (Amend.) Act, 1926, s.

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pawn

pawn 1 a : a pledge and transfer of possession of movable or personal property to a creditor which gives the creditor the privilege of satisfying the debt from the property (as by

testament

her property after death [a of property] 2 : will NOTE: A testament was formerly concerned specifically with personal property, as in the phrase last will and testament. Now a will covers both personal and real property and

Entrustment

Ishar Das Madan Lal, (2007) 4 SCC 105. The expression 'entrustment' carries with it the implication that the person handing over any property or on whose behalf that property is handed over to another, continues to be

Notice

he has notice of the trust, and under the (English) Trustee Act, 1925, s. 28, a trustee or personal representative acting for one trust or estate is not in the absence of fraud affected by notice obtained … express notice. The principle on which this case was decided has become statutory under the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, and the (English) Land Charges Act, 1925. See s. 199 of the Law of Property Act,

Money Bill

remainder of any moneys' following an express direction to pay debts was held to carry both real and personal property. In Collings (:in re), (1933) Ch 920, it was held that 'money' in its strict legal sense included

Money

remainder of any moneys' following an express direction to pay debts was held to carry both real and personal property. In Collings (:in re), (1933) Ch 920, it was held that 'money' in its strict legal sense included

Owner

vested the ownership, dominion, or title of property; proprietor. He who has dominion of a thing, real or personal, corporeal or incorporeal, which he has a right to enjoy and do with as he pleases, even to

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