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Recovery

lost or taken away, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1280. A true recovery is an actual or real recovery of anything, or the value thereof, by judgment; as if a man sue for any land or

Remainder

as equitable interests, and in that manner they can be created in respect of personality as well as realty. The follow-ing explanation of legal remainders has been retained as relating to titles to land existing before 1926,

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

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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

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

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

trespass

close (tenement protected by law of trespass)] : a trespass that involves wrongful and tortious entry on another's real property trespass to try title : an action brought as a means of obtaining redress for a trespass

concession

: something granted esp. as an inducement (as to enter into an agreement) c : a grant of real property esp. by a government in return for services or for a particular use (as settlement) d :

condominium

-ums [New Latin, joint dominion, from Latin com- with, together + dominium rule, ownership] 1 : ownership of real property that is characterized by separate ownership of portions of the property (as units in an apartment building)

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

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