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Ameliorating waste

see Doherty v. Allman, (1878) 3 App Cas 709; Meux v. Cobley, 1892 (2) Ch 253; and see Settled Land Act, 1925, ss. 88 & 89, as to improvements involving impeachment for waste.

Assignment of dower

713, and as to the widow's rights where dower has been assigned by metes and bounds, see (English) Settled Land Act, 1925, ss. 1(1)(3) and 19(1). Dower in respect of the real estate of persons dying after 1925

Contingent remainder

a contingent remainder has become a settlement under s. 1 (ii) of the (English) S.L. Act, 1925. See SETTLED LAND. In Smith d. Dormer v. Parkhurst, (1740) 18 Vin. Abr. 413; 6 Bro. Cas. Par. 351, the Court

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Determinable life estates

they are to determine do not sooner happen, 2 Bl. Com. 121. See now ESTATE FOR LIFE, and Settled Land Act, 1925, s. 20(1)(vi.).

Impeachment of waste

Impeachment of waste. SEE ABSQUE IMPETI-TIONE VASTI; WASTE and SETTLED LAND. Means an action for waste against the tenant of the harmed property, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p.

Instrument

the purposes of the Act) 'does not include a Statute, unless the Statute cre-ates a Settlement.' See also Settled Land Act, 1925, s. 117; see also TRUST INSTRUMENT; VESTING INSTRUMENT. A telegram and an envelope with a falsified

Life-estate

Life-estate, an estate for (1) a one's own life, or (2) the life of another-pur autre vie. See SETTLED LAND.

Lives

of the (English) L.P.Act, 1922. In all other cases it is an equitable interest and governed by the Settled Land Act,1925. The tenant under the lease was called a tenant pur autre [or auter] vie, and the person

Representative

was a real representative; an executor or administrator is a personal representative. See now definition in the (English) Settled Land Act, 1925, s. 117 (xviii.), and Administration of Estates Act, 1925, s. 55 (xi.). If the plaintiff sues,

Workmen

CLASSES. As to facilities for small dwellings not exceeding a rateable value of 100l. a year see (English) Settled land Act, 1925, ss. 57, 107 and 117. See LABOURERS' DWELLINGS. Workmen (Unemployed).-The Local Government Act, 1929 (19 Geo.5,

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