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Married women's property

Married women's property, At Common Law, a woman, by marrying, transferred the ownership of all her property, real and personal, present and future, to her husband absolutely, so that he might sell, pay his debts out

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

Hereditaments

franchises, corodies or pensions, annuities, and rents, 1 Bl. Com. 21. Although the word 'hereditament' applies both to realty and personality, yet it is in a different mode of relation. When applied to realty it generally denotes

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Inquiry

AIR 1995 HP 156. Includes 'investigation' into facts, causes, effects and relations generally, 'to inquire' (New Standard Dictionary) Real Value Appliances Ltd. v. Canara Bank, (1998) 5 SCC 554. Means every inquiry other than a trial, conducted

Locke's Act

1932 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 37). Locke-King's Act (English) (17 & 18 Vict. c. 113), the Real Estates Charges Act, 1854 (amended by the Real Estate Charges Act, 1867 and 1877 (30 & 31 Vict.

Marriage

and have been so treated by their friends and neighbours, there is a prima facie presumption that they really are and have been what they profess to be' [The Bredalbane Case, (1867) LR 1 HL Sc P

Reasonable doubt

other; it does not mean a doubt begotten by sympathy out of reluctance to convict; it means a real doubt, a doubt founded upon reasons, K. Gopal Reddy v. State of Andhra Pradesh, AIR 1979 SC 387

Merger

may be extinguished, whilst as against another it may still have existence. Before the passing of the (English) Real Property Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 106) (repealed and reproduced by the (English) Law of Property

Mixed actions

Mixed actions. Suits at Common Law partaking of the nature of real and personal actions, by which some real property was demanded, and also personal damages for a wrong sustained,

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

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