Real Property - Law Dictionary Search Results
Prescription
title, by depriving all claimants of every stale right and deferred litigation, now mainly governed by the (English) Real Property Limitation Act, 1833, (3 & 4 Wm 4, c. 27); as amended by the (English) Real Property Limitation … (English) Real Property Limitation Act, 1833, (3 & 4 Wm 4, c. 27); as amended by the (English) Real Property Limitation Act, 1874 (37 & 38 Vict. c. 57); and (2) positive, which relates to incorporeal here-ditaments, and
purchase
purchase pur·chased pur·chas·ing vt 1 : to acquire (real property) by means other than descent or inheritance 2 : to obtain by paying money or giving other valuable … pur·chas·able adj pur·chas·er n n : an act or instance of purchasing: as a : the acquiring of real property by any means other than descent or inheritance b : the acquiring of an interest in property esp.
Biens
Biens [Fr.], property; this term comprehends not merely goods and chattels, as in the Common Law, but also real estate, according to the sense attached to it by the civilians and continental jurists. Cf. The definition in
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Shares in public undertakings
Parliament in a body corporate, the shares of the individual corporators in the concern itself are personal, not real, estate; for such shares are merely the rights which each individual possesses as a partner to a share … Shares in public undertakings. Where the property is vested by charter or Act of Parliament in a body corporate, the shares of the individual corporators
Terms for years
nature of personalty; real, because it is an interest in lands, and therefore partakes of the nature of real property. A term is usually created by a deed or speciality contract, called a lease or demise under the
Benami
from each other in their legal character and incidents. In one sense, it signifies a transaction which is real, as for example, when A sells properties to B but the sale deed mentions X as the purchaser. … not quite accurately, to refer to a sham transaction, as for example, when A purports to sell his property to B without intending that his title should cease or pass to B. The fundamental difference between these
lien
a security interest in the property compare tax sale at sale vendor's lien : a lien on esp. real property securing payment in full of the purchase price by the buyer voluntary lien : a lien created (as
Dower
marriage, which is valuable in itself and the highest consideration known to the law. The Report of the Real Property Commissioners led the way to the passing of the (English) Dower Act (3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. … suit for more than six years next before the commencement of such action or suit by the (English) Real Property Limitation Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 27), s. 41. An action for assignment of dower
Restraint on alienation
see ANTICIPATION. A restriction, usu. in a deed of conveyance, on a grantee's ability to sell or transfer real property; a provision that conveys an interest and that, even after interest has become vested, prevents owner from disposing
Bequeath
will to another. The word is properly applied to personalty only, but in a will avails to transmit real property, as well as the word 'devise,' which is the proper word; and vice versa. Means to speak to, … speak to, address, leave by will to give by will, used specially of personal property but sometimes of real property, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn., p. 49.
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