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... intention appears , ' land of any tenure , and tenements and hereditaments , corporeal or in- corporeal , and houses and other build- ings , also an undivided share in land ; and see a similar definition in the Settled Land Act , 1882 ...
... intention appears , ' land of any tenure , and tenements and hereditaments , corporeal or in- corporeal , and houses and other build- ings , also an undivided share in land ; and see a similar definition in the Settled Land Act , 1882 ...
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... intention of Wills Act . persons making wills , it has been enacted by the Wills Act that a devise to a person without any words of limitation will pass the fee simple or other the whole estate of the testator , unless a contrary intention ...
... intention of Wills Act . persons making wills , it has been enacted by the Wills Act that a devise to a person without any words of limitation will pass the fee simple or other the whole estate of the testator , unless a contrary intention ...
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... intention , he retains the benefit of it against the inheritance . Although he has not declared his intention of keeping it alive , it is presumed that his in- tention was to keep it alive , because it is manifestly for his benefit ( 2 ) ...
... intention , he retains the benefit of it against the inheritance . Although he has not declared his intention of keeping it alive , it is presumed that his in- tention was to keep it alive , because it is manifestly for his benefit ( 2 ) ...
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... intention to confer such right shall expressly appear by the instrument creating such estate . Having thus noticed the principal characteristics , or “ inci- dents " as they are technically called , of an estate for life , we may revert ...
... intention to confer such right shall expressly appear by the instrument creating such estate . Having thus noticed the principal characteristics , or “ inci- dents " as they are technically called , of an estate for life , we may revert ...
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... intention to create such an estate , will suffice for the purpose ; thus , a devise to a person and his seed , or to him and his issue , will create an estate tail . So , a limitation to a person and his heirs male , which , if it ...
... intention to create such an estate , will suffice for the purpose ; thus , a devise to a person and his seed , or to him and his issue , will create an estate tail . So , a limitation to a person and his heirs male , which , if it ...
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45 Vict 54 Vict action apply appointment assigns bill of sale charge chattels common law contract convey Conveyancing Act copyholds Court of Appeal covenant creditors death debt decided deed devise easements effect entitled equity estate in fee estate tail executed executors exercise expressed fee simple feoffment freehold gavelkind gift grant heirs held hereditaments House of Lords husband instrument intention interest joint tenants L. J. Ch landlord law with regard lease leaseholds legacy lessee liability limited Lord manor marriage married woman ment mortgage mortgagor notice owner parties patent payment personal estate personal property possession provides purchaser real estate Real Property recitals rent rule rule against perpetuities sect Settled Land Act settlement settlor Sir George Jessel solicitor statute tenant in tail tenements tenure term thereof tion trustees unless vested void wife words
Popular passages
Page 358 - ... unless the agreement, upon which such action shall be brought or some memorandum or note thereof, shall be in writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith, or some other person thereunto by him lawfully authorized.
Page 433 - We think that the true rule of law is, that the person who for his own purposes brings on his lands and collects and keeps there, anything likely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it in at his peril, and, if he does not do so is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape.
Page 387 - For no country ever takes notice of the revenue laws of another. " <The objection, that a contract is immoral or illegal as between plaintiff and defendant, sounds at all times very ill in the mouth of the defendant. It is not for his sake, however, that the objection is ever allowed; but it is founded in general principles of policy, which the defendant has the advantage of, contrary to the real justice, as between him and the plaintiff, by accident, if I may so say. The principle of public policy...
Page 359 - That no contract for the sale of any goods, wares and merchandise, for the price of ten pounds sterling or upwards, shall be allowed to be good, except the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold and actually receive the same...
Page 259 - A bill of exchange is an unconditional order in writing, addressed by one person to another, signed by the person giving it, requiring the person to whom it is addressed to pay on demand or at a fixed or determinable future time a sum certain in money to or to the order of a specified person, or to bearer.
Page 429 - A married woman shall be capable of entering into and rendering herself liable in respect of and to the extent of her separate property on any contract, and of suing and being sued, either in contract or in tort, or otherwise, in all respects as if she were a feme sole...
Page 408 - Where two parties have made a contract which one of them has broken, the damages which the other party ought to receive in respect of such breach of contract should be such as may fairly and reasonably be considered either arising naturally, ie, according to the usual course of things, from such breach of contract itself, or such as may reasonably be supposed to have been in the contemplation of both parties, at the time they made the contract, as the probable result of the breach of it.
Page 475 - By reason of the negligence of any person in the service of the employer to whose orders or directions the workman at the time of the injury was bound to conform, and did conform, where such injury resulted from his having so conformed...
Page 246 - Where a mercantile agent is, with the consent of the owner, in possession of goods or of the documents of title to goods any sale, pledge or other disposition of the goods made by him, when acting in the ordinary course of business of a mercantile agent, shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, be as valid as if he were expressly authorized by the owner of the goods to make the same...
Page 456 - ... the law considers such publication as malicious, unless it is fairly made by a person in the discharge of some public or private duty, whether legal or moral, or in the conduct of his own affairs, in matters where his interest is concerned.