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Inchoate right

(1) A right that has not fully developed, matured, or vested. (2) Patents. An inventor's right that has not yet vested

vested right

vested right : a right belonging completely and unconditionally to a person

Vest

Vest, (1) Either to place in possession; to make possessor of; … when a named period or event occurs. (2) (of a right or interest) Its coming into the possession of any one;

Equitable estates and interests

Rights relating to property of which the legal ownership is vested in another person, or in the equitable owner himself in … Equitable estates and interests, Rights relating to property of which the legal ownership is vested

Vested in interest

Vested in interest, a legal term applied to a present fixed … in interest, a legal term applied to a present fixed right of future enjoyment, as reversions, vested remainders, such executory devises,

Vested

Vested, the word 'vested' is defined in Black's Law Dictionary (7th … accrued; settled; absolute; complete. Having the character or given the rights of absolute ownership; not contingent; not subject to be defeated

Limitation of actions and prosecutions

six years from the time when the estate shall have vested in possession or twelve yeas from the date when the … 4, c. 14, s. 3). In regard to land, the right to it is destroyed after the statutory period and neither

Vested remainder

who is entitled to a vested remainder having a present vested right of future enjoyment, i.e., an estate in pr'senti, to take

Retrospective law

came into force. Every statute which takes away or impairs vested rights acquired under existing laws, or creates a new obligation, … which is made to affect acts or facts occurring, or rights occurring, before it came into force. Every statute which takes

Retrospective or retroactive law

or retroactive law, as one which takes away or impairs vested or accrued rights acquired under existing law. A retroactive law … as one which takes away or impairs vested or accrued rights acquired under existing law. A retroactive law takes away or

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