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Charity Commissioners. The Charity Commissio-ners for England and Wales are a body appointed under the provisions of the Charitable Trusts Acts, 1853 to 1925, and their powers and duties are to be found in these Acts. They exercise very extensive powers of management and control over charities, including power to authorize sales, exchanges, leases and mortgages of charity property; to frame new schemes where the original terms of the trust can no longer be literally or beneficially complied with; to investigate the accounts of charitable trusts; to sanction proceedings by the trustees and give them advice, and many other powers. There are, however, certain institutions exempted from their jurisdiction, e.g., certain universities and colleges, registered places of worship, and charities wholly supported by voluntary contributions; see s. 62 of the Act of 1853, the construction of which has given rise to great difficulties, and the judgment of Davey, L.J., in Re Clergy Orphan Corporation...
Commissioners for Oaths
Commissioners for Oaths. Masters extraordinary in Chancery acted in very early times as commissioners to administer oaths to persons making affidavits (see that title) before them concerning Chancery suits, and the judges of the Common Law courts were authorized, under 29 Car. 2, c. 5, by commission to empower 'what and as many persons as they should think fit and necessary' to take affidavits for one shilling fee concerning Common Law actions. The Masters in Chancery were succeeded by solicitors under 16 & 17 Vict. c. 78, appointed by the Lord Chancellor, the fee being one shilling and sixpence.The (English) Commissioners for Oaths Act, 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 10), which amends and consolidates twenty-four enactments on the subject, enacts by s. 1 that the Lord Chancellor may, from time to time, by commission signed by him, appoint practising solicitors or other fit and proper persons to be commissioners for oaths; with power, in England or elsewhere, to administer any oath or take any...
Land Commissioners
Land Commissioners, the title by the (English) Settled Land Act, 1882, s. 48, of the Commissioners formerly called 'The Copyhold Inclosure and Tithe Commissioners.' By s. 26 of that Act, a certificate of these Commissioners that an 'improvement' within that Act has been effected is, in the absence of an Order of the Court, an authority to trustees to pay for the improvement out of 'capital money,' and by s. 28 a tenant for life must maintain and repair an 'improvement' at his own expense during such period, if any, as the Commissioners by certificate in any case prescribe.All powers and duties of the Land Commissioners were transferred to the Board of Agriculture by the (English) Board of Agriculture Act, 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 30)....
Commissioners of Inland Revenue
Commissioners of Inland Revenue. The appoint-ment and powers of these Commissioners are regulated by the (English) Inland Revenue Regulation Act, 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 21), and see preceding title....
Tithe Commissioners
Tithe Commissioners, appointed under the Tithe Act, 1836, s. 2; now superseded. See LAND COMMISSIONERS and next title....
title
title [Anglo-French, inscription, legal right, from Old French, from Latin titulum inscription, chapter heading, part of the law that sanctions an action] 1 a : the means or right by which one owns or possesses property ;broadly : the quality of ownership as determined by a body of facts and events after-acquired title : title that vests automatically in a grantee when acquired by a grantor who purported to sell the property before acquiring title ;also : a doctrine that requires such vesting compare estoppel by deed at estoppel NOTE: The doctrine of after-acquired title generally does not apply when the grantor receives title by quitclaim deed; to vest title in the grantee the deed must include words expressing such an intention. clear title : title that exists free of claims or encumbrances on the property [had clear title to the farm] ;broadly : marketable title in this entry equitable title : title vested in one who is considered by the application of equitable principl...
Abstract of title
Abstract of title. A concise statement, usually prepared for a mortgagee or purchaser of real property, summarising the history of a piece of land including all conveyances interests, lines & encumbrances that reflect title to property, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., an epitome of the evidence of title to property or power to deal with it.Every purchaser of land or real estate has an implied right to have an abstract of title delivered to him within a reasonable time, Compton v. Bagley, (1892) 1 Ch 313. As to registered land, see the Land Registration Act, 1925, s. 110, and Brickdale and Stewart-Wallace on the Land Registration Act, 1925.An abstract is said to be perfect if it deduces the title from the date fixed by the contract or by statute for its commencement and discloses every incumbrance affecting it, by setting out the material parts of all deeds, wills and other documents, and stating the facts on which it depends: fc. 1 Pres. 42, 207. The statutory period is thirty years,...
Registration of title of land
Registration of title of land. The (English) Land Registration Act, 1925 (15 Geo. 5, c. 21), repeals and re-enacts the (English) Land Transfer Acts, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 87) and 1897 (60 & 61 Vict. c. 65), with amendments in keeping with innovations which were introduced by the property laws of 1925. Its object is to simplify the indicia of land ownership and transfer by mere inscription and transcription in a register. The advantages which are claimed for the system are (a) purchasers for value of an absolute or good leasehold title are absolved from any inquiry into the title other than it is shown to be on the register; (b) certain equitable claims which would be binding on the land under the general law and cannot be removed or over-reached without onerous formalities do not affect such purchasers; (c) the method of conveyance or charge is simple; (d) subject to the statutory provisions, registration guarantees the title to purchasers for value and mortgagees. It should be observ...
Title
Title, means the union of all elements (as ownership possession, and custody) constituting the legal right to control and dispose of property; the legal link between a person who owns property and the property itself, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1493.Title: 1, a general head, comprising particulars, as in a book; 2, an appellation of honour or dignity; 3, the means whereby the owner of lands has the just possession of his property--titulus est justa causa pos sidendi id quod nostrum est: Co. Litt. 345b.1. The union of all elements (as ownership, possession, and custody) constituting the legal right to central and dispose of property; the2. Legal evidence of a person's ownership rights in property; an chastenment (such as a deed) that constitute such evidence3. The heading of a statute or other legal document, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.There are several stages and degrees requisite to form a complete title to lands and tenements.1. The lowest and most imperfect degree of ...
Chief Election Commissioner
Chief Election Commissioner, 'Chief Election Commissioner' means the Chief Election Commissioner appointed under Article 324 of the Constitution [Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Conditions of Service) Act, (11 of 1991), s. 2(a)]...
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