Separation Agreement - Law Dictionary Search Results
trust
property compare passive trust in this entry alimony trust : a trust created often in accordance with a separation agreement in which property is transferred to the trust as a source of support for a divorced spouse with
postnuptial agreement
Matched in: Term postnuptial agreement
Pre-contract
Pre-contract. Where one of the parties to a marriage was under a prior agreement to marry a third person, such prior agreement was called a pre-contract. It was a canonical impediment to … Hen. 8, c. 28, and 2 & 3 Edw. 6, c. 23, s. 2; Bishop on Marriage and Divorce, s. 53. But pre-contract is no longer a cause for dissolving a marriage in England; see 26 Geo.
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A vinculo matrimonii
for the marriage was declared void, as having been absolutely unlawful ab initio, and the parties were therefore separated pro salute animarum (for the safety of their souls), the issue (if any) were illegitimate, and the parties … salute animarum (for the safety of their souls), the issue (if any) were illegitimate, and the parties could contract another marriage. This maxim directs the construction to be put upon Acts of Parliament, against the express letter
Separate property
gift from a third party, or property acquired during marriage but after the spouses have entered into a separation agreement and have been living apart. Also called individual property, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1369. Means only
merger
bar estoppel by judgment at estoppel, res judicata 5 : the superseding of a prior agreement in a divorce case by the divorce decree 6 a : the act or process of merging b : absorption by
article
or stipulation in a document (as a contract) 2 : a document setting forth the terms of an agreement usually used in pl. [s of merger] 3 pl : articles of incorporation … article 1 a : a separate and usually numbered or otherwise marked section (as of a statute, indictment, will, or other writing) b :
sever
of time, title, possession, or interest (as by conveying one tenant's interest to another party) 2 : to separate (as a contract) into different parts (as independent obligations) in order to treat each separately 3 a : … possession, or interest (as by conveying one tenant's interest to another party) 2 : to separate (as a contract) into different parts (as independent obligations) in order to treat each separately 3 a : to try (criminal
Bill of Lading
to the shipper. A 'through Bill of Lading, relates to a contract for the carriage of goods in separate stages by more than one ship or by more than one form of transport. Halsbury's Laws of England, … the rights of suit under a bill of lading vest in the consignee or endorsee (as if the contract contained in the bill of lading had been made with himself) without prejudice to any right of stoppage
Contract of option
offers to enter into what may be called a 'major' contract with a second person and makes a separate contract to keep his offer open, Varty v. British South Africa Co., (1965) 1 Ch 508 (522). … Contract of option, is one whereby the grantor of the option offers to enter into what may be called
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