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Copyhold, Inclosure, and Tithe Commissioners

of these commissioners, of the copyhold commissioners, and of the tithe commissioners, were by s. 48 of the Settled Land Act, 1882, vested in one board called 'the Land Commissioners,' whose powers were in their turn transferred to

Constructive trust

Rumford Market Case, (1726) 1 W. & T.L.C.; Lewin on Trusts, ch. x. Reference to trusts in the Settled Land Act, 1925, include constructive trusts, s. 117 (xii) ibid., and see the definition in the T. Act, 1925,

Autre vie, Estate pur

tenant pur autre vie appears to be a 'limited owner' for the purposes of s. 20 of the Settled Land Act, 1925, see sub-s. 1(v). see SPECIAL OCCUPANT.

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Assignment

of choses in action, see CHOSE. Assignment by Tenant for Life.-For a special meaning of the word, see Settled Land Act, 1925, s. 104. Means an assignment in writing by act of the parties concerned. [Trade Marks Act,

Accumulation

the special restrictions of this section do not apply if the money is capital money under the (English) Settled Land Act, 1925.

Shifting use

operation on the 31st December, 1925, is a settlement within the meaning and for the purposes of the Settled Land Act, 1925, s. 1 (ii.) (b). See also SPRINGING USE.

Executor

all, for probate cannot be renounced partially (Re Smith, (1904) 1 Ch 139), except in regard to land settled otherwise than by the will of the testator of the settlement of which the executor has not been

Caballeria

An ancient Spanish land tenure similar to the English knights fee hence in Spain and countries settled by the Spanish a land measure of varying size In Cuba it is about 33 acres in Puerto

Peppercorn

Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 99], and in building and forestry leases by tenants for life. [(English) Settled Land Act, 1925, ss. 44 and 48]

Life-rent

Life-rent, a rent received for a term of life. See SETTLED LAND. The doctrine of the lifting of the veil has been applied in the words of Palmer in five

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