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Dissenters

ss. 17, 27. The (English) Dissenters Chapels Act, 1844 (see that title), provided for meeting-houses; and the (English) Trustees Appointment Act, 1850 (13 & 14 Vict. c. 28), commonly called (English) Peto's Act, amended by the (English)

Parties

in case the plaintiff is in doubt as to the person from whom he is entitled to redress. Trustees, executors, and administrators may sue and be sued on behalf of or as representing the property or estate

Simple trust

right to be put into actual possession of the property, Jusdisponendi, or the right to call upon the trustee to execute conveyances of the legal estate as the cestui que trust directs. See BARE TRUSTEE and Law

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Voluntary conveyance

pay his debts without the aid of the settled property and had not transferred the property to the trustee of the settlement at that time. (2) Any agreement in consideration of marriage to make a future payment

Vesting Order

Education. Vesting Orders may be made under the Law of Property Act, 1925, see s. 9 and passim; Trustee Act, 1925, ss. 44 et seq.; Settled Land Act, 1925, ss. 12 and 16; Administration of Estates act,

Vesting

2 SCR 1072. (U.P.Z.A. & LR Act, 1950, s. 4, 6 and 117) Vesting, any property in a trustee refer to cases where a new trustee is appointed, and are not intended to cover cases in which

Trustees, Fraudulent, Punishment of

Trustees, Fraudulent, Punishment of. By the (English) Larceny Act, 1916, s. 21, the appropriation of the trust fund by

Title, Covenants for

of settlement by a person expressed to convey as settlor; and against incumbrances in a conveyance by a trustee, mortgagee, etc., expressed to convey as trustee, mortgagee, personal representative, committee or receiver of a person of unsound

Think fit

than that to which it relates, Bryson v. Russell, 14 QB 720. Means sometimes a testator empowers the trustees to invest the proceeds of the sale of certain properties as they should think fit. This means as

Tail

liable to every kind of debt to the extent of the debtor's interest in the estate and a trustee in bankruptcy may bar the entail, see (English) Fines and Recoveries Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4,

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