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Directly

land comprised nor appertaining to a mine, as lessees under the State, who immediately before the date of vesting, were working the mine under their immediate control, management and supervision. Thus construed, the phrase 'being directly worked

Disagreement

lease, etc., made to him: the annulling of a thing that had essence before. No estate can be vested in a person against his will, consequently no one can become a grantee, etc., without his agreement: the

Disbarring

Disbarring, expelling a barrister from the bar, a power vested in the benchers of each of the four Inns of Court, subject to an appeal to the judges.

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Discharge of trustees

purpose of the (English) Settled Land Act, 1925, and endorsement upon of notices, etc., or annexing the same vesting instruments, see Settled Land Act, 1925, s. 35.

Ditch

Ditch, includes a culverted and a piped ditch, but not a water course vested in or under the control of a drainage authority, Land Drainage Act, 1976, sub-s. 40(4) (UK) Halsbury's Laws

Dominium directum

Dominium directum, in the Feudal Law, the interest vested in the superior; the superiority. See Bell's Dict

Change in law of procedure

Change in law of procedure, Change in Law of Procedure-No person has a vested right in any course of procedure. He has only the right of prosecution or defence in the manner

Cestui que trust

possesses the equitable right to property and receives the rents, issues, and profits thereof, the legal estate being vested in the trustee. The remedy of the cestui que trust, if the trustee fails in his duty, is

Appointment in exercise of a Power

Statute of Uses the seisin to serve the appointed use was transferred by the prior assurance; the appointment vested the legal estate in the appointee, who took as though he were named in such prior assurance. After

Bankruptcy

and does not include a property claim brought by a trustee in bankruptcy in respect of bankrupt's assets vested in him; and that, accordingly, the proceedings were not excluded, Ashourst v. Pollard, (2000) 1 WLR 722 (CA).

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