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Title, Covenants for
the instrument of conveyance made on or after the 1st January, 1882, and in regard to assents by personal representatives, after 1925, of land, certain 'covenants for title' (being for the most part usually expressed in the conveyance
Settled land
paid must not be less than two, or a trust corporation, but this does not apply to a personal representative selling in course of administration or to persons of full age absolutely entitled to deal with the … must not be less than two, or a trust corporation, but this does not apply to a personal representative selling in course of administration or to persons of full age absolutely entitled to deal with the legal
Appropriation, powers of
Appropriation, powers of. The Administration of Estates Act, 1925, s. 41,has conferred on personal representatives a general power to appropriate any part of the real or personal estate (including things in action) of
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Employer
Includes any body of persons whether incorporated or not, any managing agent of an employer, and the legal representatives of a deceased employer, and, where the services of a workman are temporarily lent or let on hire … Employer, means (i) a company; (ii) a firm; (iii) an association of persons or a body of individuals, whether incorporated or not, but excluding any fund or trust or institution eligible
Married women's property
women's property, At Common Law, a woman, by marrying, transferred the ownership of all her property, real and personal, present and future, to her husband absolutely, so that he might sell, pay his debts out of, give … as if she were a feme sole (including property which she may hold as a trustee or personal representative [(English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 170)] without the intervention of a trustee; (2) should be capable
representation
insurance 2 : the act or action of representing: as a : the action or fact of one person standing for another so as to have the rights and obligations of the person represented b : the … representation 1 : one that represents: as a : a statement or account made to influence opinion or action
Representative
of another. Before 1926, an heir-at-law or devisee was a real representative; an executor or administrator is a personal representative. See now definition in the (English) Settled Land Act, 1925, s. 117 (xviii.), and Administration of Estates … Representative, bearing the character or power of another. Before 1926, an heir-at-law or devisee was a real representative; an
Executor de son tort.
son tort can discharge his liability by obtaining probate if he is entitled, or by accounting to the personal representative, or to the Court, in an administration by the Court. … tort can discharge his liability by obtaining probate if he is entitled, or by accounting to the personal representative, or to the Court, in an administration by the Court.
Inheritance
the (English) Inheritance Act, 1833. (10) Inheritance is in some sort a legal and fictitious continuation of the personality of the dead man, for the representation is in some sort identified by the law with him who … is the title whereby a man, on the death of his ancestor, acquires his estate by right of representation as his heir t law. The 'canons of inheritance' are the rules directing the descent of real property
Vesting
(ibid.) and VESTING DEED and VESTING INSTRUMENT. The term 'vesting assent' should be distinguished from an assent by personal representatives (see ASSENT), which vests the property in a person who is not tenant for life or statutory owner
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