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Crown
Crown. Servants of the Crown are not liable to be sued in their official capacity for torts; see Roper v. Public Works Commissioners, (1915) 1 KB 45, and cases there referred to; PREROGATIVE
Cumulative legacies
bequeathed by different instruments, whether they are equal or unequal in amount, the second legacy is cumulative. Consult Roper on Legacies; Theobald on Wills
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Demonstrative legacy
specific that it will not be liable to abate with general legacies upon a deficiency of assets, Consult Roper on Legacies; Theobald on Wills.
Lapse
the testator's lifetime the legacy survives for the benefit of the beneficiary. Consult Jarman or Theobald on Wills; Roper on Legacies.
Legacy
to show that the legacy was not intended to vest. See ADEMPTION; ABATEMENT; LAPSE; MAINTENANCE and SATISACTION. Consult Roper on Legacies; Theobald on Wills. In the Roman Law a legacy was an injunction given to the heir
Settled land
themselves; as to compound settlements, see Re Du Cane & Nettlefold, (1898) 2 Ch 96; Re Munday & Roper, (1899) 1Ch 275; Re Lord Wimborne & Browne (1904) 1 Ch 537; Wolstenholme & Cherry, Conveyancing, etc., Acts.
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