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Succession duties

succeeding a parent to 10 per cent. in the case of succession to a stranger in blood, upon real or personal property to which any person succeeds on the death of another. The duty is calculated on

Terms for years

only the interest which passes, but also the period for which it is held. It is a chattel real: chattel, because the estate passes to the owner's executors at his death, and did not pass to his

Feoffment

successively required by the (English) Statute of Frauds (29 Car. 2, c. 3, s. 1), and the (English) Real Property Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 106), s. 3; and by s. 2 of the latter

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Heir

infinitum. A person who, under the laws of intestacy, is entitled to receive an intestate decedents property, esp. real property, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 727. The (English) Admin. Of Estates Act, 1925, s. 45, having

Covenant

inthat case only to the extent of the lands descended, but if made after 31st december, 1881, the real estate became bound as well as the personal estate [s. 58, (English) C. Act, 1881, reproduced and extended

Executory devise

an executory devise, but a contingent remainder. Executory Devises have been divided into three kinds, two relative to real, and the third to personal estate only, viz.:- (1) Where a testator devises his whole fee-simple, but upon

Adverse possession

of any person to whom the land rightfully belongs and tends to extinguish that person's title, see (English) Real Property Limitation Act, 1874 (37 & 38 Vict. c. 57), which provides that no person shall make an

Ejectment

Ejectment, the 'mixed' action at Common Law to recover the possession of land (which is real), and damages and costs for the wrongful withholding of the land (which are personal). Until abolished by the

deed

act [my free act and ] 2 : a written instrument by which a person transfers ownership of real property to another see also deliver, grantee, grantor, recording act, registry, title compare certificate of title NOTE: A

party

or judicial body ;esp : a person whose pecuniary interests are affected by a bankruptcy proceeding 2 : real party in interest in this entry proper party : a party whose interests are likely to be affected

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