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Exchange, Deed of

cir-cumstances, the parties had no freehold in them, for the heir could not enter and take as a purchaser, because he took under the deed, only by way of limitation in course of descent, but by the

Estoppel

Ltd. v. Cavanagh, 1902 AC 117. A company is estopped by its certificate as against any one who purchased on the faith of it, Bloomenthal v. Ford, 1897 AC 156. As to estoppel by signing a promissory

Estate

had taken a surrender of the residue of an intermediate lease might be required to sell the nominated purchaser his entire freehold, Kensington Heights Commercial Co. Ltd. v. Campden Hill Developments Ltd., (2007) All ER 751 (CA):

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Equitable estates and interests

(1906) 1 Ch 386, binding not only the legal owner, but all persons deriving title under him, exept purchasers for value without notice. This is still the law subject to statutory modifications which enable certain persons to

Entrustment

of that type and who may in turn transfer the goods and all rights to them to a purchaser in the ordinary course of business' (Black's Law Dictionary), see also National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. Ishar Das

Engrosser

Engrosser, he that purchases large quantities of any commodity in order to sell it at a high price, 7 & 8 Vict.

Electric lighting

s. 27 of the (English) 1882 Act an undertaking autho-rized by provisional order or special Act may be purchased compulsorily by the local authority within six months after the expiration of 21 years--a period extended to 42

Disagreement

disagreement renders the grant, etc., inoperative, see Peacock v. Eastland, (1870) LR 10 Eq 17. If an infant purchases an estate he may, on coming to full age, disagree thereto; and if he does not agree thereto,

Cinematograph

public are not admitted [s. 7 (4)]. The exhibition of films by dealers or their agents to intending purchasers or hirers does not amount to an exhibition within the meaning of the Act, Attorney-General v. Vitagraph Co.,

Defence Acts

112), 1864 (27 & 28 Vict. c. 89), and 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. c. 72), allow compulsory purchases by government of land required for defence of the country, as for erection of fortifications, etc., and see

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