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doctrine of election [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2012-12-03
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- PAJLO
- Law of Estates (common law)
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- doctrine of election
1, record 1, English, doctrine%20of%20election
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
It is a principle of equity that a person who accepts a benefit under an instrument must adopt the whole, giving full effect to its provisions, and renouncing every right inconsistent with it. ("Williams, Mortimer & Sunnucks on Executors, Administrators and Probate", 1982, p. 876) 1, record 1, English, - doctrine%20of%20election
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- PAJLO
- Droit successoral (common law)
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- doctrine de l'obligation d'opter
1, record 1, French, doctrine%20de%20l%27obligation%20d%27opter
correct, feminine noun, standardized
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Acception propre au droit successoral. 1, record 1, French, - doctrine%20de%20l%27obligation%20d%27opter
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
doctrine de l'obligation d'opter : 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). 2, record 1, French, - doctrine%20de%20l%27obligation%20d%27opter
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 1982-06-22
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Law of Estates (common law)
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- election
1, record 2, English, election
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[A testator] may ... in his will make [his wife] a gift of property and money and say it is in lieu of dower. In such a case she must elect whether to take the gift and abandon dower or keep her dower right and abandon the gift - she cannot have both. This is called "election". 1, record 2, English, - election
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
It is a doctrine by which equity fastens on the conscience of the person who is put to his election and refuses to allow him to take the benefit of a disposition contained in the will, the validity of which is not in question, except on certain conditions ... 2, record 2, English, - election
Record 2, Key term(s)
- doctrine of election
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Droit successoral (common law)
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- option
1, record 2, French, option
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
- choix 2, record 2, French, choix
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Faculté de choisir entre plusieurs situations juridiques. 3, record 2, French, - option
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[La femme] aurait conservé au décès de son mari un droit d'option entre son douaire et cet acte de disposition [qui doit lui tenir lieu de douaire]. 4, record 2, French, - option
Record 2, Key term(s)
- droit d'option
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
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