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Estate

concurrently with each other, thus the absolute ownership or fee simple may be leased and sub-leased, mortgaged and charged, each of

Merger

will merge the mortgage term into and vest the fee simple in the mortgagee subject to any prior mortgage term, and

Shelley's case, Rule in

Shelley's case, Rule in. intimately connected with the quantity of estate which a tenant may hold in realty, is the...

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Settled land

2], but the owner may also convey the legal estate simply as owner in fee or of the term subject to

Release

are not necessary, since the subject of transfer is a simple right, which once discharged is for ever extinguished, and not

Uses

people of the locality. It soon became evident that the simple rules of the Common Law were stumbling-blocks to the complicated

Limitation of actions and prosecutions

must be brought or proceedings taken. In the case of simple contract the remedy on the contract is barred, leaving the

Fee

Fee [fr. feoh, Sax.; fee, Dan., cattle; feudum, Med. Lat.; feu, Scot.], property peculiar; reward or recom-pense for services. See...

battery

protected person (as a minor or a police officer) compare simple battery in this entry NOTE: Aggravated battery is usually classified

assault

commit or the commission of a felony (as rape) compare simple assault in this entry assault with intent : a criminal

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