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HABENDUM [5 records]

Record 1 2014-02-21

English

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

The clause in a deed that determines what estate or interest is granted by the deed. (Yogis, 2nd, p. 101)

CONT

It begins with the words "to have and to hold. "The "habendum" may reduce, enlarge, explain or qualify, but not contradict or be repugnant to the estate granted. It is not essential to the deed. In modern conveyancing, the inclusion of the "habendum" clause has become somewhat redundant, since its function is normally performed by the granting clause in a conveyance. The deed's validity is not affected by the absence of the "habendum. "[Yogis, 2nd, p. 101].

French

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

clause de délimitation : 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).

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-06-11

English

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

The premises are usually followed by what is commonly called the "habendum", which is really a combination of the "habendum and the tenendum", the latter describing the tenure upon which the land is held. Neither the "habendum" nor the "tenendum" is necessary today, but the "habendum" is used where someone other than the grantee is to have the use.(Anger and Honsberger, 2nd ed., 1985, p. 1282).

French

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

clause de tenure : 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).

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-06-04

English

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

(T) he "habendum" in many cases has degenerated into a mere useless form and in the statutory transfer has disappeared altogether.(Di Castri, 2nd ed., 1976, p. 351)

French

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

Le terme désigne le transfert qu'accomplissent les parties aux termes d'un régime d'application générale établi par voie législative. Selon le contexte, on peut aussi employer l'équivalent «transfert sous régime législatif».

OBS

transfert d'origine législative : 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).

Spanish

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Record 4 2013-05-06

English

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

Recitals are not a necessary part of a deed, but they are generally inserted in order to indicate the purpose of the deed in which they are contained, and to state the past history of the property conveyed. (Cheshire, 11th ed., 1972, p. 748).

OBS

The recitals are situated in the premises of a deed, that is, in that part of a deed between the date and the "habendum", and they usually commence with the formal word "whereas".(Black's, 5th ed., 1979, p. 1142).

French

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

Quoique fréquent dans la langue juridique française, le terme français «considérant» est à éviter pour de simples raisons d'uniformité.

OBS

attendus : 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).

Spanish

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Record 5 2013-04-26

English

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

The premises of a deed are all the foreparts of the deed before the "habendum". The word "premises" in fact signifies what has gone before; and therefore may with propriety be used in relation to any preceding subject or subjects.(Stroud's, 4th ed., 1971, p. 2088).

OBS

premises: term generally used in the plural in this context.

French

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

clauses liminaires : 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).

OBS

clauses liminaires : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel dans ce contexte.

Spanish

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