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Lex loci rei sit '
(1873) LR 16 Eq 461; Bank of Africa v. Cohen, (1909) 2 Ch 129. The title, therefore, to real property can be acquired, passed, and lost only according to the lex loci rei sit', Story's Confl. Of Laws,
Possibility on a possibility
shall have a son named Geoffrey is stated to be a double or remote possibility; see Williams on Real Property; 2 Rep. 51 a; 10 Rep. 50 b; Co. Litt. 184 a. The idea that there cannot be … Nash, (1910) 1 Ch 1]; and see also Re Park's Settlement, (1914) 1 Ch 595. Consult Williams on Real Property; Gray on Perpetuities, 2nd Edn. par. 125 et seq; and Wolst. And Ch Conveyancing Acts. Post, after: occurring
Reconversion
SCR 82. The national or imaginary process by which an earlier constructive conversion-meaning a change of personal into real property or real into personal property is annulled and taken away; and converted property restored to its originals quality,
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trespasser
trespasser : one who trespasses ;esp : one who enters or remains on the real property of another wrongfully or without the owner's or possessor's authority or consent compare invitee, licensee NOTE: The general … possessor's authority or consent compare invitee, licensee NOTE: The general rule is that the owner or possessor of real property has the duty merely to refrain from willfully, wantonly, or recklessly injuring a trespasser whose presence is known.
Base fee
after the original tenant-in-tail might have barred the remainders without consent of any protector of the settlement. [(English) Real Property Limitation Act, 1874, s. 6]
right of entry
right of entry 1 a : the legal right of taking or resuming possession of real property in a peaceable manner b : power of termination at power c : the legal right to enter … a peaceable manner b : power of termination at power c : the legal right to enter upon real property of another for a special purpose (as to show leased property to a prospective purchaser or to make
Frater fratri uterino non succedet in h'reditate paterna.
next after the mother. This rule still applies in regard to (a) the devolution of entailed interests in real or personal property (Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 130 (4), and Law of Property (Amend.) Act, 1924,
felony
Originally in English law a felony was a crime for which the perpetrator would suffer forfeiture of all real and personal property as well as whatever sentence was imposed. Under U.S. law, there is no forfeiture of
Marshalling
not charged are given to the same person. these doctrines have not been affected by the vesting of real property in personal representatives (English) (Administration of Estates Act, 1925, s. 2), except that by s. 34, ibid., some
Transfer
the document by which property, as shares in public companies, is made over by one to another. The Real Property Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 106) (reproduced in an amended form by s. 52, Law of
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