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ESCROW DELIVERY [3 records]

Record 1 2012-11-23

English

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

Delivery may be absolute or conditional and if the latter, it will be said to be delivery "in escrow" if the deed is to be held by someone not a party to it until some condition is performed by the party to be benefitted by the deed and upon fulfilment to take effect.(Lamont, "Real Estate Conveyancing", 1976, p. 85).

CONT

Under the old law, a deed could not be delivered, as an escrow, direct to the grantee. Delivery in escrow was made to a third party-the first delivery-and, upon the fulfilment of the condition, the third party would deliver the deed to the grantee-the second delivery. It seems that the old law no longer applies. The more modern approach is to treat the question as one of fact; even where there is delivery to the grantee, the intention of the parties must be ascertained, from the transaction as a whole, as to whether the delivery was absolute or conditional.(Mendes da Costa and Balfour, p. 401)

French

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

Le syntagme verbal correspondant «deliver in escrow» peut se rendre en français par «délivrer sous condition».

OBS

délivrance sous condition : 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 2012-10-16

English

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

There are two sorts of delivery and two only, known to the law, one absolute and the other conditional, that is an escrow to be the deed of the party when, and if, certain conditions are performed. If the deed operated as a complete delivery, "cadit quaestio"; if it did not, then it must be either an escrow or a nullity.(Farrand, 3rd ed., 1980, p. 314).

French

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

délivrance conditionnelle : 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 1998-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Security
DEF

An agreement under which a grantor, promisor or obligor places a sum of money or the instrument upon which he is bound with a third person, called escrow holder, until the performance of a condition or the happening of an event stated in the agreement permits the escrow holder to make delivery of the money or instrument to the grantee, promisee or obligee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des sûretés
DEF

Contrat en vertu duquel un titre, de l'argent ou d'autres biens sont confiés à un dépositaire (ou fiduciaire) jusqu'à la réalisation de certaines conditions.

OBS

Le dépôt d'une chose litigieuse entre les mains d'un tiers en attendant le règlement de la contestation est connu sous le nom de «séquestre». Le mot «entiercement» est parfois utilisé au Canada comme équivalent d'«escrow».

OBS

«délivrer sous condition» est l'équivalent de «deliver in escrow» normalisé dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de cauciones
DEF

Contrato adicional mediante el cual dos partes entregan una cantidad de dinero a una tercera, para que lo devuelva cuando se produzcan situaciones adversas.

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