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Joint-tenancy

title to the whole estate without the concurrence of other parties. that legal estate has been vested in trustees for sale as joint-tenants in the following cases, in joint-tenancy, estates in common or undivided shares, and coparceners;

Lien

RR 790] that a lien is lost by temporarily relinquishing possession, but see Great Eastern Railway v. Lord's Trustee, 1909 AC 109. A lien on goods is not lost when the demand in respect of which it

Married women's property

the same manner as if she were a feme sole (including property which she may hold as a trustee or personal representative [(English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 170)] without the intervention of a trustee; (2)

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Annuity

trust to purchase an annuity, the annuitant's right to the capital value only arises upon or after the trustees have actually provided money for the purpose of the purchase. Until then, as well as in the cases

fiduciary relationship

Typical fiduciary relationships exist between agents and principals, attorneys and clients, executors or administrators and legatees or heirs, trustees and beneficiaries, corporate directors or officers and stockholders, receivers or trustees in bankruptcy and creditors, guardians and wards,

Abstract of title

practice of conveyancers have gradually lessened the inconvenience of this doctrine: see LEGAL ESTATE; PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES; SETTLEMENT; MORTGAGE; TRUSTEES FOR SALE; UNDIVIDED SHARES; EQUITABLE INTERESTS, BANKRUPTCY and VESTING ORDERS. Abstracts on behalf of vendors who are absolute

Receiver

rents, etc., pending a suit. Receivers are appointed in actions for administration; in actions by mortgages or against trustees or executors; in actions between partners for winding up the partnership business, and in a great many other

Charitable uses and trusts

passed from time to time have also specially exempted devises of lands or moneys charged thereon to the trustees of the British Museum for the benefit of that institution (5 Geo. 4, c. 39 s. 3); or

Presentation

to the patron. These two rights may co-exist in different persons; thus where an advowson is vested in trustees or mortgagees they have the right of presentation, while the right of nomination is in the cestui que

Deed

lesser. Then consenting parties and covenantors. After these, those who take any estate or interest, and, amongst these, trustees follow real owners. Lastly, those who are inserted to fix them with notice of the deed, as creditors,

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