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LEGAL LIFE INTEREST [6 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2016-05-12
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- PAJLO
- Law of Trusts (common law)
- Property Law (common law)
- Law of Estates (common law)
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- beneficial interest
1, record 1, English, beneficial%20interest
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
The interest of a beneficial owner or beneficiary, as contrasted with a nominal or bare legal owner .... [Jowitt, p. 205.] 2, record 1, English, - beneficial%20interest
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
In the absence of a contrary provision in the settlement, a tenant for life has no power to mortgage or charge the legal estate for his own benefit. If he wishes to raise money for his own use, he can of course do so by mortgaging his beneficial interest, consisting of his life interest, entail or whatever interest he has.(Megarry and Wade, p. 339) 2, record 1, English, - beneficial%20interest
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- PAJLO
- Droit des fiducies (common law)
- Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
- Droit successoral (common law)
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- intérêt bénéficiaire
1, record 1, French, int%C3%A9r%C3%AAt%20b%C3%A9n%C3%A9ficiaire
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
intérêt bénéficiaire : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO). 2, record 1, French, - int%C3%A9r%C3%AAt%20b%C3%A9n%C3%A9ficiaire
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 life interest
1, record 2, English, legal%20life%20interest
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- PAJLO
- Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- intérêt viager légal
1, record 2, French, int%C3%A9r%C3%AAt%20viager%20l%C3%A9gal
correct, masculine noun, standardized
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
intérêt viager légal : 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, - int%C3%A9r%C3%AAt%20viager%20l%C3%A9gal
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 estate for life
1, record 3, English, legal%20estate%20for%20life
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
- legal life estate 1, record 3, English, legal%20life%20estate
correct
- life estate at law 1, record 3, English, life%20estate%20at%20law
correct
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Theoretically, it would, no doubt, be possible, by careful contractual terms, to give the possessor rights of use and disposal during his lifetime to the extent of the interest he could have enjoyed were a legal estate for life in the chattel possible, but that is a matter quite different from the grant of an estate....(Crossley Vaines, 5th ed., 1973, p. 44). 1, record 3, English, - legal%20estate%20for%20life
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- PAJLO
- Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- domaine viager en common law
1, record 3, French, domaine%20viager%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
domaine viager 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, - domaine%20viager%20en%20common%20law
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 2013-03-15
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- PAJLO
- Property Law (common law)
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- legal life interest
1, record 4, English, legal%20life%20interest
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Previously it was possible to create a legal life interest in leasehold land by will, but no entail in leasehold could be created at all.(Megarry & Wade, 4th ed., 1975, p. 136). 1, record 4, English, - legal%20life%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 viager en common law
1, record 4, French, int%C3%A9r%C3%AAt%20viager%20en%20common%20law
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
intérêt viager 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 4, French, - int%C3%A9r%C3%AAt%20viager%20en%20common%20law
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 life estate
1, record 5, English, equitable%20life%20estate
correct
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
- life estate in equity 1, record 5, English, life%20estate%20in%20equity
correct
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
An interest in... property, which lasts for the life of the holder of the estate and which is equitable, as contrasted with legal, in its creation, as in the case of a beneficiary of a trust, who has a life estate under the trust.(Black's, 5th ed., 1979, p. 483). 1, record 5, English, - equitable%20life%20estate
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- PAJLO
- Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- domaine viager en equity
1, record 5, French, domaine%20viager%20en%20equity
correct, masculine noun, standardized
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
domaine viager 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 5, French, - domaine%20viager%20en%20equity
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record 6 - internal organization data 2012-12-05
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- PAJLO
- Law of Estates (common law)
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- dower
1, record 6, English, dower
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
Record 6, Textual support, English
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Dower at common law was the right of a wife on surviving her husband to an estate for her life in one-third of the freehold estates of inheritance of which her deceased husband was solely seised at any time during the marriage and which her issue by him might possibly have inherited. (Anger and Honsberger, 2nd, p. 175). 1, record 6, English, - dower
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The legal right or interest... that a wife acquires in the property her husband held or acquired anytime during their marriage. During the husband's life, the dower is an expectant, or inchoate, interest which does not actually become a legal estate(called consummate dower) until the husband's death.(Reilly, 2nd, p. 146). 1, record 6, English, - dower
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- PAJLO
- Droit successoral (common law)
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- douaire
1, record 6, French, douaire
correct, masculine and feminine noun, standardized
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS
douaire : 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, - douaire
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
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