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Merger

'In order that there may be a merger, the two estates which are supposed to coalesce must be vested in the same person at the same time and in the same right' [Re Radcliffe, (1892) 1 Ch

Remainder

or to the reversion, as in former, case is called the particular estate.' Remainders are of three kinds:-(1) vested of executed; (2) contingent or executory; and (3) cross. The seven following rules affecting the remainders should be

Perpetuity

whether executory or by way of remainders, and of either real or personal property which is not to vest until after the expiration of, or will not necessarily vest within the period fixed and prescribed by law

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Contingent legacy

bequest to be paid or payable to A. when he shall attain twenty one years, the legacy is vested and not contingent and although he may never attain the age his personal representatives will be entitled to

Equitable estates and interests

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 another capacity. The rights arise whenever a person

Trust instrument

relation to settled land, any instruments whereby the trusts of the settled land are declared other than a vesting instrument or vesting conveyance. By s. 4 (ibid.), the trust instrument constituting a settlement must, if made after

Workman

in excess of Rs. 500 per month or if he performs managerial functions by reason of a power vested in him or by the nature of duties attached to his office, All India Reserve Bank Employees' Association

Thames

established under such authority, and no bridge over the river Thames or the river Kennet belonging to or vested in any county council or municipal authority or to or in any railway company shall be deemed to

Real representative

(English) Land Transfer Act, 1897 [see (English) TRANSFER OF LAND ACTS], the real estate of a deceased person vested in his heir, heiresses, or devisees, and his personal estate in his executors or administrators. The (English) Land

Passive trust

if eventually no estate, or a less estate, were actually wanted, the legal ownership remained wholly or partially vested in the trustee as a merely passive trustee, 1 Hayes' Conv. By the Law of Property Act, 1925,

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