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Limitation of actions and prosecutions
(English) Limitation Act, 1623, and the principal succeeding ones, the Real Property Limitation Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 42), the (English) Civil Procedure Act (3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 27) [see Read v.
Army (UK)
repealing and re-enacting the (English) Regimental Debts Act, 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 57). As to their wills, see Wills Act, 1837, s. 11, and (English) Wills (Soldiers and Sailors) Act, 1918; Re Limond, (1915) 2
Real representative
after the commencement of that Act, in whom all his real estate except copyhold was vested notwithstanding his will, unless, as in a joint tenancy, any other person had a right to take by survivorship, so that
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Specific performance
of any deposit. The board general rule is that contract relating to the sale or lease of land will be specifically enforced, but not contracts relating to personal property except under very special circumstances, as where damages
Married women's property
her husband absolutely, so that he might sell, pay his debts out of, give away, or dispose by will of it as he pleased, with these exceptions and modifications:- 1) Her freehold estate became his to manage
Malice
some indirect and wrong motive, see Clark v. Mloyneux, (1877) 3 QBD 246. Similarly, proof of actual malice will defeat the defence of fair comment. See Odgers on Libel. An act lawful in itself is not converted
heir
law inherits the property and esp. the real property of a person who dies without leaving a valid will used in jurisdictions whose law is based on English common law called also heir at law heir general
administrator
the distribution of the assets in the estate of a person who has died without leaving a valid will or leaving a will that does not name an executor able or willing to perform see also administratrix
Deed
additional name should be stated so as to preserve identity on the face of the title. A mistake will not vitiate the instrument if the party can be identified by extraneous evidence, Nihil facit error nominis cum
New trial
discussed, and that the decision is not agreeable to the justice and truth of the case before they will grant a new trial. The following is a summary of the cases in which a new trial may
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