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Real representative. The name formerly given to a personal representative on whom real estate devolved on the death of any person between the 31st December, 1897, and the 1st January, 1926, under the provisions of the (English) Land Transfer Act, 1897.Prior to the commencement on the 1st of January, 1898, of the (English) Land Transfer Act, 1897 [see (English) TRANSFER OF LAND ACTS], the real estate of a deceased person vested in his heir, heiresses, or devisees, and his personal estate in his executors or administrators. The (English) Land Transfer act, 1897, (60 & 61 Vict. c. 65), reproduced and extended by the (English) Administration of Estates Act, 1925, established a real representative in the person of the executor or administrator of any person dying after the commencement of that Act, in whom all his real estate except copyhold was vested notwithstanding his will, unless, as in a joint tenancy, any other person had a right to take by survivorship, so that one and the same pers...
Assent of personal representatives
Assent of personal representatives, At Common Law the personal estate passing by the will of a deceased person, including chattels real vested in the executor, virtute officii. The property passed to the legatee as soon as the executors assented to the bequest. The transfer was made not by the mere force of the assent but by virtue of the will, Attenborough v. Solomon, 1912 AC 76, and the assent might be given to one executor. No formalities were required. The assent might be implied, for instance, in the case of lease holds, by letting the person entitled into possession or the receipt of rent and profits, but the assent was required to be definite and unambiguous. When given it related back to the date of death and as a rule it could not be withdrawn [but see Whittaker v. Kershaw (1890), 45 CD 320]. This is still the law in regard to pure personalty, excluding chattels real. Before the (English) Land Transfer Act, 1897 (60 & 61 Vict. c. 65) real estate passed to the heir-at-law of th...
represent
represent 1 : to substitute in some capacity for : act the part of, in place of, or for (as another person) usually by legal right: as a : to serve esp. in a legislative body by delegated authority usually resulting from an election b : to provide legal representation to as a lawyer c : to act as the representative of in a class action 2 a : to describe as having a specified character or quality b : to give one's impression and judgment of : state in a manner intended to affect action or judgment ...
Representative
Representative, bearing the character or power of another. Before 1926, an heir-at-law or devisee was a real representative; an executor or administrator is a personal representative. See now definition in the (English) Settled Land Act, 1925, s. 117 (xviii.), and Administration of Estates Act, 1925, s. 55 (xi.). If the plaintiff sues, or any of the defendants is sued, in a representative character, this must be stated on the writ, and must also appear in the title or heading of the statement of claim [Ord. III., r. 4; Re Tottenham, (1896) 1 Ch 628], and Ord. XVI., r. 19, as to representation of parties in an action.One who stands for or act on behalf of another, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1304...
legal representative
legal representative : one who represents or stands in the place of another under authority recognized by law esp. with respect to the other's property or interests: as a : personal representative b : an agent having legal status ;esp : one acting under a power of attorney ...
personal representative
personal representative : one recognized as the representative of another party or his or her interests ;specif : an executor or administrator who may bring or be subject to an action or proceeding for or against a deceased person and his or her estate [when a person who has brought an action for personal injury dies pending the action, such action may be revived in the name of his personal representative "Code of Virginia"] ...
representative party
representative party a party who sues on behalf of the class in a class action. The claims or defenses of the representative party must be typical of the class, and the representative party must protect the interests of the class. See class action. Source: Federal Judicial Center ...
Special personal representatives
Special personal representatives. The name given to the personal representatives of a tenant for life in connection with settled land which has been settled otherwise than by his will or by way of trust for sale. They should be the trustees of the settlement and their duties are to convey the land to the tenant for life or statutory owner entitled upon the death of the testator subject to provision by them for death duties (see Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 16). If there is no appointment to that effect the testator will be deemed to have appointed the trustees of the settlement as the special representatives. Upon an intestacy, probate may and should be granted to them for the purposes [see (English) Settled Land Act, 1925, s. 7 (1), and (English) Administration of Estates Act, 1925, ss. 22 to 24]. If the settlement has come to an end with the testator's death, these provisions do not apply, Bridgett and Hayes' Contract, 1928 Ch 163....
Liability of legal representative signing
Liability of legal representative signing, a legal representative of a deceased person who signs his name to a promissory note, bill of exchange or cheque is liable personally thereon unless he expressly limits his liability to the extent of the assets received by him as such. (Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (26 of 1881), s. 29)...
foreign information media representative
foreign information media representative As a nonimmigrant class of admission, an alien coming temporarily to the United States as a bona fide representative of foreign press, radio, film, or other foreign information media and the alien's spouse and unmarried minor (or dependent) children. Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ...
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