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life interest by operation of law [1 record]

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Record 1 2013-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

Where a married woman died and her husband took curtesy, the element of succession required to make the land settled land was satisfied by the fact that he took a mere life estate and that subject thereto the land passed to his wife's heir. Nevertheless, the land was not settled land within the meaning of the [Act], since the husband's interest arose by operation of law and not under any document. (Megarry and Wade, p. 319)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

intérêt viager par effet de la loi : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

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