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primogeniture

of the same parents 2 : exclusive right of inheritance ;specif : a right to take all the real property of an estate belonging under English law to the eldest son or eldest male in the next

Corporation sole

person, who in right of some office or function, has a capacity to take, purchase, hold and demise real property and now, it would seem, also to take and hold personal property, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol.

Toll

away, as to 'toll an entry' is to deny and take away the right of entry. See (English) Real Property Limitation Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 27), s. 39. 1. A sum of money

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Parish Council

may also utilize wells, cover ponds, acquire rights of way, and accept and hold any gifts of property, real or personal, for the benefit of the inhabitants of the parish or any part thereof; see the 1933 … other parish purposes, and to acquire land compulsorily for allotments. They may also utilize wells, cover ponds, acquire rights of way, and accept and hold any gifts of property, real or personal, for the benefit of the

Nuncupative Will

2), and extends the right to make wills, without the formalities requires by the Act of 1837, to real property in the case of persons within this class (s. 3). See the (English) Navy and Marines (Wills)

Nominal damage

Nominal damage, 'nominal damage' is a technical phrase which means that the Court has negatived anything like real damage, but is affirming that there is an infraction of a legal right, Indian Hume Pipe Co. Ltd.

Induction

and gives corporal possession of the church, saying:-- By virtue of this mandate I induct you into the real, actual, and corporal possession of the church of [Stow], with all rights, profits, and appurtenances thereto belonging.' Induction … mandate I induct you into the real, actual, and corporal possession of the church of [Stow], with all rights, profits, and appurtenances thereto belonging.' Induction is the investiture of the temporal part of the benefice or the

Decision or order passed by an Officer of Customs under this Act

Officer of Customs under this Act' used in S. 188 of the Sea Customs Act must mean a real and not a purported determination. A deter-mination, which takes into consideration factors which the officer has no right

tenure

the act, manner, duration, or right of holding something [ of office] ;specif : the manner of holding real property : the title and conditions by which property is held [freehold ] 2 : a status granted

transfer

trans-fər-ər] n trans·fer·ral [trans-fər-əl] n [trans-fər] n 1 : a conveyance of a right, title, or interest in real or personal property from one person or entity to another 2 : a passing of something from one

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