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Feoffee to uses
person in whom, before the Statute of Uses, the legal seisin or feudal tenancy of the land was vested, the substantial and beneficial ownership or use being in the cestui qui use. The statute put an end
Limitation of actions and prosecutions
right to recover land etc., is limited to six years from the time when the estate shall have vested in possession or twelve yeas from the date when the right first accrued to the person whose interest
Vesting
Vesting, 'vesting' is a word of slippery import and has many meanings. The sense of the situation suggests that
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seize
seize seized seiz·ing 1 or seise : to put in possession of property or vest with the right of possession or succession [stand seized of land] 2 : to take possession or custody
Contingent remainder
the estate itself, and may be conveyed to trustees; and that, when it is conveyed to them, it vests in them as a vested remainder for the life of A. On this ground, the limitation (usual in
Chattels or catals
estates than leaseholds, and therefore if a term of 1,000 years and an estate for life were to vest in the same persons in the same right, the term would merge and be extinguished in the life
Bill of Lading
generally effected. By the Bills of Lading Act, 1855, the rights of suit under a bill of lading vest in the consignee or endorsee (as if the contract contained in the bill of lading had been made
Absolute legacy
Absolute legacy, means a legacy given without condition and intended to vest immediately, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 901.
Hire purchase
and pay all the installments of rent as they become due the contract shall determine and the title vest absolutely in him and that if he chooses he may at any time during the term surrender the
bullet proof
Capable of resisting the force of a bullet resistant to penetration by a bullet armored as a bulletproof vest a bulletproof window
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