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remote

[ancestors of a more degree] b : exceeding the time allowed under the rule against perpetuities for the vesting of interests [the residuary clause…violates the rule against vesting "Estate of Grove, 70 Cal. App. 3d 355 (1977)"]

Pawn

security, whereby contract, a deposit of goods is made as security for a debt. The right to property vests in the pledge only so far as is necessary to secure the debt. A pawn or pledge is

Widow

infants to use personal chattels. If the intestate leaves no issue surviving him or her and attaining a vested interest, then subject to the life interest of the surviving husband or wife the residuary estate is to

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of a State' seems to have reference to such persons in respect of whom the administrative control is vested in the respective executive Governments functioning in the name of the President or of the Governor or of

Trustee

thereof having lost title thereto by the creation of a trust. The equitable ownership in the trust property vests in the beneficiaries. The trust is thus an incidence of dual ownership in which the creator of the

Trust

160 (1)] On the death of a sole trustee, or the last of several trustees, the legal estate vests in his personal representative as if it were a chattel real [(English) Conveyancing Act, 1881, s. 30], replaced

Superintendence, direction and control

include all powers necessary for the smooth conduct of elections. It is, however, seen that Parliament has been vested with the power to make law under Article 327 of the Constitution read with Entry 72 of List

Simple trust

Simple trust: where property is vested in one person upon trust for another, and the nature of the trust, not being qualified by the

Sewer

commissioners of sewers are to exercise the powers given by the Act as well as all powers previously vested in them. The Act does not apply to the Administrative County of London except the Lee catchment area

Settlement

or a law suit, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1377. Settlement, suggests that, in the process of vesting, the right to possession in such lands is also vested in the State, and thereafter it is settled

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