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Charitable uses and trusts
Charitable uses and trusts. 9 Geo. 2, c. 26, commonly called 'The Mortmain Act,' 1735, after reciting that ifts or alienations of land in mortmain (see MORTMAIN) were prohibited by Magna Charta and other whole-some laws...
Resulting use
Resulting use, an implied use. A resulting use arose where the legal seisin was transferred, and no use was expressly declared, nor any consideration nor evidence of intent to direct the use; the use then remained...
Executed use
Executed use, the first use in a conveyance upon which the Statute of Uses (see USES) operated by bringing the possession to it, the combination of which, i.e., the use and the possession, formed the legal...
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Shifting use
Shifting use, a secondary or executory use, which, when executed, operates in derogation of a preceding estate: as land conveyed to the use of A. and his heirs, with proviso that when B. pays a certain...
Use and occupation, Action for
Use and occupation, Action for, an action for dam-ages upon the case for breach of an implied agreement to pay for the use of a landlord's property under the Distress for Rent Act, 1737 (11 Geo....
Secondary use
Secondary use, a use limited to take effect in derogation of a preceding estate; otherwise called a shifting use, as a conveyance to the use of A. and his heirs, with a proviso that when B....
Permissive use
Permissive use, a passive use which was resorted to before the Statute of Uses, in order to avoid a harsh law, as that of mortmain or a feudal forfeiture; it was a mere invention in order...
Executory uses
Executory uses, springing uses, which conferred a legal title answering to an executory devise; as when a limitation to the use of A. in fee is defeasible by a limitation to the use of B., to...
use-based application
use-based application There are four filing bases on which a trademark application may be based. One filing basis is use of the mark in commerce (the other three are filing based on an intent-to-use the mark...
use tax
use tax : a tax imposed on the use of personal property and esp. property purchased in another state ;specif : a one-time tax imposed on the exercise or enjoyment of any right or power over...
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