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qualifying event
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Qualifying event
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Conditional fee
or time of continuance, by an event beyond which it is not to endure. The event is the qualification which gives a name to this estate, and ascertains its determination. A fee qualified is frequently called a
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Copyhold
Property Acts, 1922, (Amendment) 1924, 1925 and (Amendment) 1926, copyhold and customary tenures have been converted into a qualified form of freehold or leasehold, land formerly copyhold being in any event still subject to certain rights o
Landlord and tenant
Act, 1927, s. 19 (1)(a), and otherwise. In all leases and tenancy agreements the landlord, as a rule, qualifies his implied covenant for quiet possession so as to exclude his liability for acts of persons under a … of covenant, the landlord cannot enter unless the lease or agreement contains a proviso for re-entry in those events [see that title, and the (English) Common Law Procedure Act, 1852, s. 210, as affected by the Judic.
Executory devise
it be preceded or not preceded by a prior bequest, or limited on a certain or an uncertain event, is an executory bequest, and falls under the rules by which that mode of limitation is regulated. The … third to personal estate only, viz.:- (1) Where a testator devises his whole fee-simple, but upon some contingency qualifies such devise, and limits an estate on the contingency; e.g., a devise of land to the testator's wife
witness
English witnes knowledge, testimony, witness, from wit mind, sense, knowledge] 1 a : attestation of a fact or event [in whereof the parties have executed this release] b : evidence (as of the authenticity of a conveyance … one who gives evidence regarding matters of fact under inquiry ;specif : one who testifies or is legally qualified to testify in a case or to give evidence before a judicial tribunal or similar inquiry [a before
Barrister, or Barrastor
paid them, Wells v. Wells, (1914) 157. Moreover, the payment of a fee does not depend upon the event of a cause; and for the purpose of promoting the honour and integrity of the Bar, it is … protection and defence of clients. He is termed jurisconsultus and licentiatus in jure. As to the mode and qualification for obtaining the degree of a barrister, see INNS OF COURT; and consult Marchant on Barristers; Warren's Law
interest
contingent interest : a future interest whose vesting is dependent upon the occurrence or nonoccurrence of a future event compare vested interest in this entry controlling interest : sufficient stock ownership in a corporation to exert control … 15% "American Banker"] ;also : interest computed at such a rate [awarded the defendant legal interest] compare usury qualified residence interest : interest that is deductible from adjusted gross income under federal tax law when it is
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