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trust

: a combination of firms or corporations formed by an agreement establishing a trust whereby shareholders in the separate corporations exchange their shares for shares representing proportionate interest in the principal and income of the combination and … trust 1 a : a fiduciary relationship in which one party holds legal title to another's property for the benefit of a party who holds equitable title to the property b : an entity resulting

Partnership

which the judgment creditor of a partner, instead of being able to execute not only against his debtor's separate property but also against the property of the firm, may obtain only an order charging the partner's interest in

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Abstract of title

a distinct heading, so as to keep the title to each part in a connected series, and, sometimes, separate abstracts for the different titles simplify the business and avoid an embarrassing confusion, especially if the several properties … Abstract of title. A concise statement, usually prepared for a mortgagee or purchaser of real property, summarising the history of a piece of land including all conveyances interests, lines & encumbrances that reflect title

tenancy

binds partners to the use of partnership property only for partnership purposes and that does not permit the separate assignment by a partner of his or her right to the property 2 : the period of a

property

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title

: title to property acquired by gift, succession, or inheritance [the property acquired by lucrative title remained the separate property of the spouse] marketable title : title that is subject to no reasonable doubt as to its validity

divorce

(as property rights) and obligations (as fidelity) divorce a men·sa et tho·ro [-ā-men-sə-et-thȯr-ō, -Ä -men-sÄ -et-thō-rō] : a separation governed by a court order : legal separation divorce a vin·cu·lo mat·ri·mo·nii [-ā-vi-ky-lō-ma-trə-mō-nē-ī, -Ä -vi-kü-lō-mÄ -trē-mō-nē-ē] : absolute

Anticipation

by the terms of a will or settlement from aliening, by way of anticipation, property settled to her separate use during coverture. Such a clause absolutely disables her from selling, mortgaging or dealing with the property in

Deed

distinct parts, according to such several capacities. Husband and wife are generally of the same part except in separation deeds. The (English) Real Property Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 106), s. 5, enacts that under

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