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universal successor in the civil law of Louisiana : a successor (as an heir, universal legatee, or legatee under universal title) who succeeds to the rights and obligations of the ancestor in title, continues possession by the ancestor's title, and is responsible for the debts of the succession compare particular successor NOTE: Neither a usufructuary under universal title nor a universal usufructuary is a universal successor. ...
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...
universal
universal 1 in the civil law of Louisiana a : encompassing or burdening all of one's property esp. causa mortis [granted him a usufruct] see also universal legacy at legacy compare universal title at title b : of or relating to a universal conveyance or a conveyance under a universal title [a donee] see also universal successor 2 : not confined by limitations or exceptions : general in application uni·ver·sal·ly adv ...
particular successor
particular successor in the civil law of Louisiana : a successor (as a donee or buyer) who succeeds by particular title to the rights and obligations pertaining only to the property conveyed by the ancestor in title, who takes title and possession in his or her own right, and who is not liable for any debts of the succession compare universal successor ...
Singular successor
Singular successor. A purchaser is so termed in Scots Law, in contradistinction to the heir of a landed proprietor, who succeeds to the whole heritage by regular title of succession or universal representation, whereas the purchaser acquires right solely by the single title acquired by the disposition of the former proprietor, Bell's Scots Law Dict....
Tenure
Tenure, cannot be equated with 'terms and con-ditions of services' or payment of gravity or pension. Tenure when followed by words of office, means term of office, Punjab University v. Khalsa College, Amritsar, AIR 1971 P&H 479: 1971 Cur LJ 334.Means a right, term, or mode of holding lands or tenements in subordination to a superior; in fendal times, real property was held predominantly as part of a tenure system, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1481.Tenure, the mode of holding property. The only tenures in land now existing with a few unimpor-tant exceptions are (1) free and common socage in fee-simple, including enfranchised copyhold, which is subject to paramount incidents; and (2) a term of years absolute (see LAND). The idea of tenure or holding is said to derive from feudalism, which separated the dominium directum (the dominion of the soil), which it placed mediately, or immediately, in the Crown, from the dominium utile (the possessory title), the right to use the profits ...
Doctors' Commons
Doctors' Commons, an institution near St. Paul's Cathedral, where the Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts were held. In 1768 a royal charter was obtained, by virtue of which the members of the society and their successors were incorporated under the name and title of 'The College of Doctors of Laws exercent in the Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts.' The college consisted of a president (the Dean of Arches for the time being), and of those Doctors of Laws who, having regularly taken that degree in either of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and having been admitted advocates in pursuance of the rescript of the Archbishop of Canterbury, had been elected fellows of the college in the manner prescribed by the charter. The property of the college was sold, the charter surrendered, and the college dissolved under the (English) Probate Act, 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 77), ss. 116, 117....
Oath
Oath [fr. ath, Sax.], an appeal to God to witness the truth of a statement. It is called a corporal oath, where a witness, when he swears, places his right hand on the Holy Evangelists.The Christian religion, though it prohibits swearing, excepts oaths required by legal authority (Art. Ch. of Engl. xxxix.). All who believe in a God, the avenger of falsehood, have always been admitted to give evidence, but the old rule was, that all witnesses must take an oath of some kind. Very gradually, however, the legislature has relaxed this rule, and the privilege of affirming (see AFFIRMATION) instead of taking an oath has now been universally granted by the (English) Oaths Act, 1888, by which--Every person upon objection to being sworn, and stating, as the ground of such objection, either that he has no religious belief, or that the taking of an oath is contrary to his religious belief, shall be permitted to make his solemn affirmation instead of taking an oath in all places and for all purpose...
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