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Home Dictionary Name: representativeReal representative
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...
Legal representative
Legal representative, a 'legal representative' ordinarily means a person who in law represents the estate of a deceased person or a person on whom the estate devolves on the death of an individual, Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation v. Ramanbhai Prabhat Bhai, AIR 1987 SC 1690 (1699): (1987) 3 SCC 234: (1987) 3 SCR 404. [Motor Vehicles Act, (4 of 1939), s. 92A]The definition of 'legal representatives' includes heirs as well as persons who represent the estate even without title either as executors or administrators in possession of the estate of the deceased, Custodian of Branches of BANCO National Ultramarino v. Nalini Bai Naique, AIR 1989 SC 1589 (1591): (1989) Supp 2 SCC 275: (1989) 2 SCR 810.It has the meaning assigned to it in clause (11) of section 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. [Wealth-tax Act, 1957, s. 2 (lb)]It means a person who in law represents the estate of a deceased person, and includes any person who intermeddles with the estate of the deceased person, and...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
international representative
international representative As a nonimmigrant class of admission, an alien coming temporarily to the United States as a principal or other accredited representative of a foreign government (whether officially recognized or not recognized by the United States) to an international organization, an international organization officer or employee, and all above aliens' spouses and unmarried minor (or dependent) children. Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ...
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 ...
representative
representative 1 : serving to represent 2 a : standing or acting for another esp. through delegated authority [an agent acting in a capacity] b : of, based on, or constituting a government in which the people are represented by individuals chosen from among them usually by election 3 : of or relating to representation n : one that represents another or others in a special capacity: as a : one that represents a constituency as a member of a legislative or other governing body ;specif : a member of the House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress or a state legislature b : one that represents another as agent, deputy, substitute, or delegate and that usually is invested with the authority of the principal c : one that represents or stands in the place of a deceased person : personal representative d : one that represents another as successor or heir e : one named as the plaintiff or defendant in a class action to litigate on behalf of the class ...
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)...
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