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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....
house of representatives
house of representatives :the lower house of a legislative body ;esp cap H&R : the lower house of the U.S. Congress or a state legislature ...
class action
class action : an action in which a representative plaintiff sues or a representative defendant is sued on behalf of a class of plaintiffs or defendants who have the same interests in the litigation as their representative and whose rights or liabilities can be more efficiently determined as a group than in a series of individual suits called also class action suit class suit see also certification compare consolidate, joinder test case at case NOTE: Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure sets out the prerequisites for having an action certified as a class action in federal court. Section (a) permits a class action if “(1) the class is so numerous that joinder of all members is impracticable, (2) there are questions of law or fact common to the class, (3) the claims or defenses of the representative parties are typical of the claims or defenses of the class, and (4) the representative parties will fairly and adequately protect the interests of the class.” If th...
Peer
Peer, an equal; one of the same rank; a member of the House of Lords, as either Duke, Marquis, Earl, Viscount, or Baron, or Scots or presumably Irish representative peer, although the status of Irish representative peers is apparently undecided owing to the establishment of the Irish Free State. The king cannot create a dignity with a mesne between baron and baronets (Co. Litt. 16, b, Hargrave note 8).A member of the House of Lords cannot become a member of the House of Commons, nor can be vote at an election to that House, Earr Beauchamp v. Madresfield, (1872) LR 8 CP 245, although an Irish non-representative peer (Lord Rendlesham v. Haward, (1873) LR 9 CP 252); but an Irish non-representative peer may, presumably, be elected a member of the House of Commons for any seat in Great Britain. A peer cannot surrender his dignity to the king so as to affect the rights of his descendants therein (The Norfolk Earldom, 1907, AC 10). See Jac. Law Dict.; Co. Litt. 160.Under the rule, established...
agent
agent 1 : someone or something that acts or exerts power : a moving force in achieving some result 2 : a person guided or instigated by another in some action [where the heads of departments are the political…s of the executive, merely to execute the will of the president "Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137 (1803)"] see also innocent agent 3 a : a person or entity (as an employee or independent contractor) authorized to act on behalf of and under the control of another in dealing with third parties see also agency, fiduciary relationship, subagent compare fiduciary, principal, servant apparent agent : an agent acting under an agency by estoppel bar·gain·ing agent : a labor union that represents the employees in a bargaining unit in negotiating with their employer through collective bargaining business agent : an agent that handles business affairs for another person or organization ;esp : a paid official of a union who carries on union business between the employ...
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...
Employer
Employer, means (i) a company; (ii) a firm; (iii) an association of persons or a body of individuals, whether incorporated or not, but excluding any fund or trust or institution eligible for exemption under clause (23C) of section 10 or registered under section 12AA; (iv) a local authority; and (v) every artificial judicial person, not falling within any of the preceding sub-clauses. [Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), s. 115W(a)]Employer, means:A person who controls and direct a worker under an express or implied contract of hire and who pays the workers salary or wages, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.(a) in relation to contract labour, the principal employer, and(b) in relation to other labour, the person who has the ultimate control over the affairs of any establishment or who has, by reason of his advancing money, supplying goods or otherwise, a substantial interest in the control of the affairs of any establishment, and includes any other person to whom the affairs of the establi...
delegate
delegate [Medieval Latin delegatus, from Latin, past participle of delegare to appoint, put in charge] : a person empowered to act on behalf of another: as a : a person who is authorized to perform another's duties under a contract b : a representative to a convention (as of a political party) or conference c : a representative of a U.S. territory in the House of Representatives d : a member of the lower house of the legislature of Maryland, Virginia, or West Virginia [de-li-gāt] vb -gat·ed -gat·ing vt 1 : to entrust or transfer (as power, authority, or responsibility) to another: as a : to transfer (one's contractual duties) to another b : to empower a body (as an administrative agency) to perform (a governmental function) see also nondelegation doctrine 2 : to appoint as one's representative vi : to transfer responsibility or authority ...
representation
representation 1 : one that represents: as a : a statement or account made to influence opinion or action compare warranty b : an incidental or collateral statement of fact on the faith of which a contract is entered into [the contract of sale contains a by the purchaser "U.S. Code"] ;specif : a statement of fact made by an applicant to an insurer for the purpose of obtaining insurance 2 : the act or action of representing: as a : the action or fact of one person standing for another so as to have the rights and obligations of the person represented b : the substitution of an individual or class in place of a person (as when a child or children take the share of an estate that would have fallen to a deceased parent) see also per stirpes c : the action of representing or the fact of being represented esp. in a legislative body d : the act or action by a lawyer of providing legal advice to a client and appearing (as in court) to speak and act on the client's behalf 3 : the b...
security
security pl: -ties 1 a : something (as a mortgage or collateral) that is provided to make certain the fulfillment of an obligation [used his property as for a loan] b : surety see also security for costs 2 : evidence of indebtedness, ownership, or the right to ownership ;specif : evidence of investment in a common enterprise (as a corporation or partnership) made with the expectation of deriving a profit solely from the efforts of others who acquire control over the funds invested [a involves some form of investment contract] see also due diligence asset-backed security : a security (as a bond) that represents ownership in or is secured by a pool of assets (as loans or receivables) that have been securitized bearer security : a security (as a bearer bond) that is not registered and is payable to anyone in possession of it cer·tif·i·cat·ed security [sər-ti-fə-kā-təd-] : a security that belongs to or is divisible into a class or series o...
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