Ridden - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: riddenhag ridden
Ridden by a hag or witch...
Priest ridden
Controlled or oppressed by priests as a priest ridden people...
guilt ridden
mentally anguished due to feelings of guilt3...
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Sea horse
A fabulous creature half horse and half fish represented in classic mythology as driven by sea dogs or ridden by the Nereids It is also depicted in heraldry See Hippocampus...
Registration of title of land
Registration of title of land. The (English) Land Registration Act, 1925 (15 Geo. 5, c. 21), repeals and re-enacts the (English) Land Transfer Acts, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 87) and 1897 (60 & 61 Vict. c. 65), with amendments in keeping with innovations which were introduced by the property laws of 1925. Its object is to simplify the indicia of land ownership and transfer by mere inscription and transcription in a register. The advantages which are claimed for the system are (a) purchasers for value of an absolute or good leasehold title are absolved from any inquiry into the title other than it is shown to be on the register; (b) certain equitable claims which would be binding on the land under the general law and cannot be removed or over-reached without onerous formalities do not affect such purchasers; (c) the method of conveyance or charge is simple; (d) subject to the statutory provisions, registration guarantees the title to purchasers for value and mortgagees. It should be observ...
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