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21property law — Introduction principles, policies, and rules by which disputes over property are to be resolved and by which property transactions may be structured. What distinguishes property law from other kinds of law is that property law deals with… …
22inheritance — /in her i teuhns/, n. 1. something that is or may be inherited; property passing at the owner s death to the heir or those entitled to succeed; legacy. 2. the genetic characters transmitted from parent to offspring, taken collectively. 3.… …
23Devises and Bequests For Masses (United States) — Devises and Bequests for Masses (United States) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Devises and Bequests for Masses (United States) Prior to the period of the Reformation in England in 1532, Masses for the repose of the souls of the donors of… …
24Bequests For Masses — Bequests for Masses † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Bequests for Masses The efficacy of prayers for the dead , remarks the Court of Appeals of the State of New York in Holland v. Alcock, 108 New York Court of Appeals Reports, page 312, is… …
25Purpose trust — Wills, trusts and estates …
26Sharīʿah — ▪ Islamic law Introduction also spelled Sharia the fundamental religious concept of Islām, namely its law, systematized during the 2nd and 3rd centuries of the Muslim era (8th–9th centuries AD). Total and unqualified submission to the… …
27Ohio — • The seventeenth state of the American Union Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ohio Ohio † …
28antilapse statute — A statute that passes a bequest in a will to the heirs of the beneficiary, if the beneficiary of the will dies before the testator. Category: Wills, Trusts & Estates → Estates, Executors & Probate Court Category: Wills, Trusts & Estates → Wills… …
29demise — de·mise 1 /di mīz/ vt de·mised, de·mis·ing: to convey (possession of property) by will or lease the demised premises demise 2 n [Anglo French, from feminine past participle of demettre to convey by lease, from Old French, to put down, give up,… …
30heritable — her·i·ta·ble / her ə tə bəl/ adj: inheritable Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. heritable …
