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LEGAL FEE SIMPLE [9 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2013-06-10
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- PAJLO
- Property Law (common law)
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- system of conveyancing
1, record 1, English, system%20of%20conveyancing
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Comparison of Registered and Unregistered Systems. We may now compare the position of a purchaser of the legal fee simple of Blackacre under the two systems of conveyancing. Under both systems he must satisfy himself on two separate matters; firstly, that the vendor is entitled to convey the fee simple, and, secondly, that there are no incumbrances in favour of third parties which will continue to bind the land after the conveyance.(Cheshire, 11th ed., 1972, p. 109). 1, record 1, English, - system%20of%20conveyancing
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- PAJLO
- Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- régime des transports fonciers
1, record 1, French, r%C3%A9gime%20des%20transports%20fonciers
correct, masculine noun, standardized
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
On peut aussi employer l'équivalent «système des transports fonciers» lorsqu'il s'agit plus particulièrement des éléments matériels constitutifs du «system». 1, record 1, French, - r%C3%A9gime%20des%20transports%20fonciers
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
régime des transports fonciers : 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, - r%C3%A9gime%20des%20transports%20fonciers
Record 1, Key term(s)
- système des transports fonciers
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2013-03-15
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- PAJLO
- Property Law (common law)
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- legal ownership
1, record 2, English, legal%20ownership
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
The essential difference between legal and equitable rights is best understood by comparing absolute ownership with trusts....(A) t this point it is only necessary to appreciate that trusts were unenforceable at common law. If land was conveyed to A in fee simple upon trust for B in fee simple, the common law courts regarded A as absolute owner and would not recognise any rights in B. But the Chancellor would enforce trusts, as matters of conscience, and compel A to hold the land on B's behalf and to allow B to enjoy it. In such a case A is the "legal owner", B is the "equitable owner". The land is vested in A, but since he is trustee of it he is not the beneficial owner : he has only the "bare legal estate", and the beneficial interest belongs to B. Now legal ownership confers rights "in rem", rights of property in the land itself, which can be enforced against anyone. Equitable ownership conferred at first only a right "in personam", a right to compel the trustee personally to perform his trust.(Megarry & Wade, 4th ed., 1975, p. 113). 1, record 2, English, - legal%20ownership
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- PAJLO
- Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- propriété en common law
1, record 2, French, propri%C3%A9t%C3%A9%20en%20common%20law
correct, feminine noun, standardized
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
propriété en common law : 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 2, French, - propri%C3%A9t%C3%A9%20en%20common%20law
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 2013-03-15
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- PAJLO
- Property Law (common law)
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- legal fee simple
1, record 3, English, legal%20fee%20simple
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
A may have the legal fee simple in Blackacre, subject to a legal mortgage in favour of B, a legal rentcharge in favour of C, a legal lease in favour of D, and so on. The legal fee simple is often referred to as the legal estate because of its paramount importance. Legal leases, mortgages, rentcharges, easements and the like are regarded as incumbrances upon it.(Megarry & Wade, 4th ed., 1975, pages 143-4). 1, record 3, English, - legal%20fee%20simple
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- PAJLO
- Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- fief simple en common law
1, record 3, French, fief%20simple%20en%20common%20law
correct, masculine noun, standardized
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
fief simple en common law : 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 3, French, - fief%20simple%20en%20common%20law
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 2013-01-18
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- PAJLO
- Property Law (common law)
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- fee simple interest
1, record 4, English, fee%20simple%20interest
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
- interest in fee simple 1, record 4, English, interest%20in%20fee%20simple
correct
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Legal estates for less than a fee simple interest could exist in land... but limited estates were never possible at law in personalty.(Crossley Vaines, 5th ed., 1973, p. 46). 1, record 4, English, - fee%20simple%20interest
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- PAJLO
- Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- intérêt en fief simple
1, record 4, French, int%C3%A9r%C3%AAt%20en%20fief%20simple
correct, masculine noun, standardized
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Le terme peut désigner tout intérêt transmissible par hérédité, dont l'ordre successoral n'a pas été préétabli au profit d'une catégorie restreinte d'héritiers. 1, record 4, French, - int%C3%A9r%C3%AAt%20en%20fief%20simple
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 OBS
intérêt en fief simple : 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 4, French, - int%C3%A9r%C3%AAt%20en%20fief%20simple
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record 5 - internal organization data 2012-12-12
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- PAJLO
- Property Law (common law)
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- equitable easement
1, record 5, English, equitable%20easement
correct
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Legal and equitable easements. A legal easement is an easement for an interest equivalent to an estate in fee simple absolute in possession or a term of years absolute. An easement which cannot subsist as a legal easement takes effect as an equitable interest and is called an equitable easement.(Halsbury, 3rd ed., Vol. 12, p. 527). 1, record 5, English, - equitable%20easement
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- PAJLO
- Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- servitude en equity
1, record 5, French, servitude%20en%20equity
correct, feminine noun, standardized
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
servitude en equity : 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). 1, record 5, French, - servitude%20en%20equity
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record 6 - internal organization data 2012-12-12
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- PAJLO
- Property Law (common law)
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- equitable fee simple
1, record 6, English, equitable%20fee%20simple
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
Record 6, Textual support, English
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The device of the trust brought into being a large family of equitable interests closely corresponding to the analogous legal estates.... The maxim was "Equity follows the law. "... An equitable fee simple, for example, descended on intestacy to the heirs general....(Megarry & Wade, 4th ed., 1975, p. 130). 1, record 6, English, - equitable%20fee%20simple
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- PAJLO
- Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- fief simple en equity
1, record 6, French, fief%20simple%20en%20equity
correct, masculine noun, standardized
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS
fief simple en equity : 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 6, French, - fief%20simple%20en%20equity
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
Record 7 - internal organization data 2012-11-27
Record 7, English
Record 7, Subject field(s)
- PAJLO
- Property Law (common law)
Record 7, Main entry term, English
- derivative interest
1, record 7, English, derivative%20interest
correct
Record 7, Abbreviations, English
Record 7, Synonyms, English
Record 7, Textual support, English
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Under the new scheme... the legal estate, the fee simple absolute in possession, cannot be split up into derivative interests : derivative interest can be created only as trusts of the fee simple, which itself remains inviolate.(Megarry & Wade, 4th ed., 1975, p. 135). 1, record 7, English, - derivative%20interest
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 2 CONT
V, being fee simple owner, first granted a lease to T, then T sub-leased to S, then T surrendered his lease back to V for payment and concealed the sub-lease, and then V sold and conveyed to P. Here T claimed through V in the sense of having a derivative interest carved out of V’s fee simple.... (Megarry & Wade, 4th ed., 1975, p. 610). 1, record 7, English, - derivative%20interest
Record 7, French
Record 7, Domaine(s)
- PAJLO
- Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
Record 7, Main entry term, French
- intérêt dérivé
1, record 7, French, int%C3%A9r%C3%AAt%20d%C3%A9riv%C3%A9
correct, masculine noun, standardized
Record 7, Abbreviations, French
Record 7, Synonyms, French
Record 7, Textual support, French
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS
intérêt dérivé : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO). 2, record 7, French, - int%C3%A9r%C3%AAt%20d%C3%A9riv%C3%A9
Record 7, Spanish
Record 7, Textual support, Spanish
Record 8 - internal organization data 2012-11-21
Record 8, English
Record 8, Subject field(s)
- PAJLO
- Property Law (common law)
Record 8, Main entry term, English
- deed of exchange
1, record 8, English, deed%20of%20exchange
correct
Record 8, Abbreviations, English
Record 8, Synonyms, English
Record 8, Textual support, English
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF
An original common law conveyance, for the reciprocal transfer of interests "ejusdem generis, "as fee simple for fee simple, legal estate for legal estate, copyhold for copyhold of the same manor, and the like, the one in consideration of the other.(Jowitt, 2nd ed., 1977, p. 737) 1, record 8, English, - deed%20of%20exchange
Record 8, French
Record 8, Domaine(s)
- PAJLO
- Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
Record 8, Main entry term, French
- acte formaliste d'échange
1, record 8, French, acte%20formaliste%20d%27%C3%A9change
correct, masculine noun, standardized
Record 8, Abbreviations, French
Record 8, Synonyms, French
- acte d'échange 1, record 8, French, acte%20d%27%C3%A9change
correct, masculine noun, standardized
Record 8, Textual support, French
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Le second équivalent «acte d'échange» est la forme elliptique du premier «acte formaliste d'échange». Il ne s'emploiera que lorsque la référence à la spécificité juridique du «deed» n'est pas en cause ou lorsque cette spécificité ressort d'une autre manière du contexte d'emploi. 1, record 8, French, - acte%20formaliste%20d%27%C3%A9change
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 2 OBS
acte formaliste d'échange; acte d'échange : termes normalisés 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 8, French, - acte%20formaliste%20d%27%C3%A9change
Record 8, Spanish
Record 8, Textual support, Spanish
Record 9 - internal organization data 2012-11-16
Record 9, English
Record 9, Subject field(s)
- PAJLO
- Property Law (common law)
Record 9, Main entry term, English
- covenant to stand seized of land
1, record 9, English, covenant%20to%20stand%20seized%20of%20land
correct
Record 9, Abbreviations, English
Record 9, Synonyms, English
- covenant to stand seized 1, record 9, English, covenant%20to%20stand%20seized
correct
Record 9, Textual support, English
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT
After some hesitation it was settled in 1565 that if a tenant in fee simple covenanted to stand seized of his land in favour of some near relative, the "good consideration" of natural love and affection sufficed to raise a use in favour of the relative; the use was then executed and the legal estate vested in the relative. This type of conveyance was of limited application as it could not be employed to convey land to strangers, and, like the bargain and sale enrolled, it could not carry any further uses under the Statute.(Megarry and Wade, 4th ed., 1975, p. 165) 1, record 9, English, - covenant%20to%20stand%20seized%20of%20land
Record 9, French
Record 9, Domaine(s)
- PAJLO
- Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
Record 9, Main entry term, French
- covenant de détenir la saisine pour autrui
1, record 9, French, covenant%20de%20d%C3%A9tenir%20la%20saisine%20pour%20autrui
correct, masculine noun, standardized
Record 9, Abbreviations, French
Record 9, Synonyms, French
Record 9, Textual support, French
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS
covenant de détenir la saisine pour autrui : 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 9, French, - covenant%20de%20d%C3%A9tenir%20la%20saisine%20pour%20autrui
Record 9, Spanish
Record 9, Textual support, Spanish
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