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trust
trust 1 a : a fiduciary relationship in which one party holds legal title to another's property for the benefit of a party who holds equitable title to the property b : an entity resulting from the establishment of such a relationship see also beneficiary, cestui que trust, corpus declaration of trust at declaration, principal, settlor NOTE: Trusts developed out of the old English use. The traditional requirements of a trust are a named beneficiary and trustee (who may be the settlor), an identified res, or property, to be transferred to the trustee and constitute the principal of the trust, and delivery of the res to the trustee with the intent to create a trust. Not all relationships labeled as trusts have all of these characteristics, however. Trusts are often created for their advantageous tax treatment. accumulation trust : a trust in which principal and income are allowed to accumulate rather than being paid out NOTE: Accumulation trusts are disfavored and often restricted...
property
property pl: -ties [Anglo-French propreté proprieté, from Latin proprietat- proprietas, from proprius own, particular] 1 : something (as an interest, money, or land) that is owned or possessed see also asset, estate, interest, possession abandoned property : property to which the owner has relinquished all rights NOTE: When property is abandoned, the owner gives up the reasonable expectation of privacy concerning it. The finder of abandoned property is entitled to keep it, and a police officer may take possession of abandoned property as evidence without violating the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. after-acquired property 1 : property (as proceeds) that a debtor acquires after the commencement of a bankruptcy case and that is usually considered part of the bankruptcy estate 2 : property acquired after the perfection of a lien or security interest ;esp : such property acquired after the creation of a lien or security interest that is subject to the lien or...
ownership
ownership : the state, relation, or fact of being an owner ;also : the rights or interests of an owner [reduced their by one third] absolute ownership : ownership esp. by a single person that is free of any encumbrances or limitations other than statutory law compare fee simple absolute at fee simple os·ten·si·ble ownership [Ä -sten-sə-bəl] : ownership that is apparent rather than actual and that sometimes is recognized in cases of purchase of the property by an innocent third party [a dispute arising from the dealer's ostensible ownership and sale of the collateral] NOTE: A purchaser from a person with ostensible ownership of property may be able to defeat the claim to the property of the actual owner who created the ostensible ownership. ownership in in·di·vi·sion in the civil law of Louisiana : ownership by two or more persons each having undivided shares in the property as a whole compare community property at property NOTE: Own...
Property
Property, an actionable claim against the tenants is undoubtedly a species of property which is assignable, State of Bihar v. Kameshwar Singh, AIR 1952 SC 252.Comprises every form of tangible property, even intangible, including debts and chooses in action such as unpaid accumulation of wages, pension, cash grants, and constitutionally protected privy purse, See M.M. Pathak v. Union of India, AIR 1978 SC 802.Decree is to be treated as property, Associated Hotels of India v. Jodha Mal Kuthiala, AIR 1950 Punj 201.Every movable property is included in the ordinary connotation of the word 'property', Chunni Lal v. State, AIR 1968 Raj 70.In commercial law this may carry its ordinary meaning of the subject-matter of ownership. But elsewhere, as in the sale of goods it may be used as a synonym for ownership and lesser rights in goods, Dictionary of Commercial Law by A.H. Hudson, (1983, Edn.).In Entry 42, List III (Constitution of India) includes the power to legislate for acquisition of an un...
Casualty Pot
Casualty Pot : a step in calculating tax liability under Internal Revenue Code section 1231 in which qualified casualty gains and losses are added together to determine if the result is a net loss or net gain compare main pot NOTE: Property that qualifies for inclusion in the Casualty Pot consists of casualties of depreciable and real property used in a trade or business for more than one year and capital assets held for more than one year in connection with a trade or business or transaction made for profit. If the net result of the calculation is a loss, then the ordinary rules for gains and losses apply to the casualties. If the net result is a gain, the entire amount passes into the Main Pot. ...
Widow's Estate
Widow's Estate, is the result of the sastric law codified through judicial precedents. Thus the 'women's estate' in its larger connotation means: 'All property which has given to a woman by any means and from any source whatsoever and includes both properties in which she has absolute estate stridhana and property in which she has only a limited interest and the term is used in the context only later sense of property in which she takes only a limited or qualified interest. Such property is ether property inherited by woman, or property which has been allotted to her in a partition in her husband's family, Atava Akkulamma v. Gajjela Papi Reddy, AIR 1995 SC 166....
Covenant
Covenant [fr. Covenant, Fr.], any agreement, convention, or promise of two or more parties, by deed in writing, signed, sealed, and delivered, by which either of the parties pledges himself to the other that something is either done or shall be done, or stiuplates for the truth of certain facts. He who thus promises is called the covenantor; and he to whom it is made the covenantee. A covenant being part of a deed is subject to the general rules for the construction of such instruents; as, first, to be always taken most strongly against the covenanter and most in favour of the covenantee; secondly, to be taken according to the intent of the parties; thirdly, to be construed ut res magis valeat quam pereat; fourthy, when no time is limited for its performance, that it be performed in a reasonable time.Covenants are personal obligations; formerly the did not bind theheirs of the covenanter unless the heirs were named and inthat case only to the extent of the lands descended, but if made ...
Law Reform (UK)
Law Reform (UK). By the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 41), all causes of action shall with certain exceptions survive on the death (after the 24th July, 1934) of any person against or for the benefit of his estate. See actio personalis, and by s. 1(2) it is enacted:Where a cause of action survives as aforesaid for the benefit of the estate of a deceased person the damages recoverable for the benefit of the estate of that person:-(a) shall not include any exemplary damages;(b) in the case of a breach of promise to marry shall be limited to such damage, if any, to the estate of that person as flows from the breach of promise to marry;(c) where the death of that person has been caused by the act of omission which gives rise to the cause of action, shall be calculated without reference to any loss or gain to his estate consequent on his death, except that a sum in respect of funeral expenses may be included.See Rose v. Ford, (1937) 53 TLR 873.The right...
terminable
terminable : capable of being terminated see also qualified terminable interest property at property terminable interest at interest ...
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