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Elegit

146] After the writ has been returned and filed, the creditor becomes tenant by elegit; the legal estate vests in him, and he can bring ejectment or sue for the rent if the estate is in reversion,

Contingent use

Contingent use, is a use limited in a conveyance of land, which may or may not happen to vest, according to the contingency expressed in the limitation of such use: see Cun. Law. Dict.; 1 Rep. 11;

Dock warrants

docks. They have been held to be negotiable and to pass from hand to hand, so as to vest the property in the goods mentioned in them in the holders.

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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.

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

Dies cedit

cedit, the day begins; dies venit, the day has come. Two expressions in Roman law which signify the vesting of fixing of an interest, and the interest becoming a present one, Sand. Just., 7th Edn. 227, 235;

Delegation of subsidiary or ancillary measure

included in the grant of the power. A legislature cannot certainly strip itself of its essential functions and vest the same on an extraneous authority. The primary duty of law making has to be discharged by the

Deed

are required to be registered under the (English) Land Charges Act, 1925, a deed may become ineffectual to vest the legal estate in the grantee or lessee or to give a full legal title in rem against

Congregationalism and episcopal

Congregationalism and episcopal, the basic difference between the 'congregationalism' and 'episcopal' is that in the former the authority vests in the congregation whereas in the latter it is controlled by the bishop as he is deemed to

Adverse possession

AIR 1995 SC 1789. (Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954) --the nature of the property, the nature of title vesting in the rightful owner, the kind of possession which the adverse possessor is exercising, are all relevant factors

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