Tabul Nuptiales - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: tabul nuptialesTabul' nuptiales
Tabul' nuptiales, a written record of a marriage; or the agreement as to the dos, Civ. Law....
Nuptial
Of or pertaining to marriage done or used at a wedding as nuptial rites and ceremonies...
Ante-nuptial
Ante-nuptial, before marriage....
Nuptial
Nuptial, pertaining to marriage; constituting marriage; used or done in marriage....
Post-nuptial settlement
Post-nuptial settlement, a settlement made after marriage; it is generally deemed voluntary unless made pursuant to written articles entered intobefore marriage. See VOLUNTARY CONVEY-ANCES....
Marriage settlement
Marriage settlement, an arrangement made before marriage, and in consideration of it (the highest consideration known to the law), whereby real or personal property is settled for the benefit of the husband and wife and the issue of the marriage. There is an express saving for such a settlement in s. 19 of the (English) Married Women's Property Act, 1882, and see the (English) Married Women's Property Act, 1907 (7 Edw. 7, c. 1), invalidating a settlement made by a female infant unless confirmed after attaining 21, but without prejudice to settlements under the Infants Settlement Act, 1855 (see post, MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY).Although the policy of the land legislation of 1924 was to assimilate the law of real property to that of personalty as far as possible, marriage settlements of land (not being effected by way of trust for sale), and if providing for infant or for a succession of interests in land or charging land (but in this case subject to the (English) Law of Property Amendment...
Husband and wife
Husband and wife. the Common Law treated them, for most purposes, as one person, giving, with exceptions comparatively unimportant, the whole of a woman's property to her husband for his absolute use, and a husband could not make a grant to his wife at the Common Law, though he might do so: (1) under the Statute of Uses, by granting an estate to another person for her use; (2) by creating a trust in her favour; (3) by the custom of particular places; (4) by surrendering copyholds to her use; and (5) by will.Equity, however, from very early times, by the doctrines of 'separate use,' 'trusts,' and 'equity to a settlement,' very largely modified the Common Law in favour of the wife; and the statute law has, by s. 1 of the Law Reform (Married Women and Tortfeasors Act), 1935 (25 & 26 Geo. 5, c. 30), almost completely abolished the property distinction between an unmarried and a married woman. See MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY.At Common Law, a gift of either realty or personal-ity to a husband a...
return
return 1 a : to give (an official account or report) to a superior (as by a list or statement) [ the names of all residents in the ward] [ a list of jurors] b : to bring back (as a writ, verdict, or indictment) to an office or tribunal [the sheriff must the execution…to the proper clerk within sixty days "J. H. Friedenthal et al."] [the grand jury ed six indictments] [ed a verdict of not guilty] 2 : to bring in or produce (as earnings or profit) : yield re·turn·able adj n 1 a : the delivery of a court order (as a writ) to the proper officer or court b : proof of service 2 : return day 3 : an account or formal report (as of an action performed or duty discharged or of facts and statistics) [census s] ;esp : a set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information usually used in pl. 4 a : a report of the results of balloting [election s] b : an official declaration of the election of a candidate [each house shall be the judge of the elections, s,...
Bridal
Of or pertaining to a bride or to wedding nuptial as bridal ornaments a bridal outfit a bridal chamber...
Bridalty
Celebration of the nuptial feast...
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