interest in personalty

  • 1life interest — see interest 1 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. life interest n …

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  • 2English property law — Property law in the United Kingdom refers to the law of acquisition, sharing and protection of wealth in the United Kingdom. Property law can refer to many things, and covers many areas. Property in land is the domain of the law of real property …

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  • 3bequest — /bakwest/ A gift (transfer) by will of personal property; a legacy. Disposition of realty in will is termed devise. See also charitable bequest demonstrative bequest devise general bequest legacy …

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  • 4bequest — /bakwest/ A gift (transfer) by will of personal property; a legacy. Disposition of realty in will is termed devise. See also charitable bequest demonstrative bequest devise general bequest legacy …

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  • 5executory bequest — The bequest of a future, deferred, or contingent interest in personalty …

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  • 6executory bequest — The bequest of a future, deferred, or contingent interest in personalty …

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  • 7property — prop·er·ty n pl ties [Anglo French propreté proprieté, from Latin proprietat proprietas, from proprius own, particular] 1: something (as an interest, money, or land) that is owned or possessed see also asset, estate, interest …

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  • 8estate — es·tate /i stāt/ n [Anglo French estat, literally, state, condition, from Old French, from Latin status, from stare to stand] 1: the interest of a particular degree, nature, quality, or extent that one has in land or other property compare fee;… …

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  • 9personal property — see property Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. personal property …

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  • 10Legal history of wills — Wills in the Ancient WorldThe will, if not purely Roman in origin, at least owes to Roman law its complete development, a development which in most European countries was greatly aided at a later period by ecclesiastics versed in Roman law. In… …

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