Remainder - Law Dictionary Search Results
Abatement
prejudice of the heir or immediate devisee, whereas the latter is to the prejudice of the reversioner or remainder man: and disseisin differs from them both, for to disseise is to put forcibly or fraudulently a person
Imprisonment for life and Imprisonment for a term
contradistinction with each other, in one and the same section, where the former, must mean imprisonment, for the remainder of the natural life of the convict (vide: definition of 'life' in s. 45, I.P.C.) and the latter
reissue patent
to fix defects (as invalid claims) of an original patent and that replaces and is granted for the remainder of the term of the original patent
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Imprisonment for life
that the former means imprisonment for a definite or fixed period while the latter means imprisonment for the remainder of the natural life of the convict. The periods of life term mentioned in s. 57, IPC or
two step mortgage
rate for the first five to seven years of its term and a different interest rate for the remainder of the term. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
rule in Shelley's case
common-law rule that converted a life estate of an ancestor into an estate in fee and destroyed the remainder to the heirs that was created in the same instrument as that creating the life estate see also
reversion
his or her successor in interest that is not subject to a condition precedent compare possibility of reverter, remainder re·ver·sion·ary [-zhə-ner-ē] adj
remainderman
remainderman pl: -men [-men, -mən] : one who has received or is to or may receive a remainder
release
up or renunciation of a right or claim that bars a cause of action [was a of the remainder of the debt] NOTE: A release may in some situations require consideration in order to be valid. A
majority
quantity greater than half of a total compare plurality b : the excess of a majority over the remainder of the total 3 a : the group or political party whose votes predominate b : the judges
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