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TRACING EQUITY [3 records]

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Record 1 2009-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rules of Court
  • Property Law (civil law)
  • Law of Trusts (common law)
CONT

The tracing action can only be taken if the property was specific and "ascertainable" and in which the beneficiary has title, albeit equitable title.

OBS

tracing - A process of identifying the substitute of an original asset claimed by the plaintiff.

OBS

Tracing--A legal proceeding taken under the law of equity where the plaintiff attempts to reclaim specific property, through the court, whether the property is still in the first acquirer's hands or it has passed onto others, and even if the property has been converted.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Règles de procédure
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (droit civil)
  • Droit des fiducies (common law)
CONT

La seule question qu'il restait à résoudre était de savoir si les biens en fiducie pouvaient être identifiés de manière à ce que cette fiducie puisse avoir gain de cause dans une action en droit de suite.

Spanish

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Record 2 1993-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Operations Research and Management
  • Employment Benefits
  • Property Law (civil law)
CONT

These procedures will not identify the employment equity designation of individuals who left the service before 1987 unless elaborate "skip tracing procedures" are implemented so that these former employees can be contacted.

Key term(s)
  • skiptracing procedures

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherche et gestion opérationnelles
  • Avantages sociaux
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (droit civil)

Spanish

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Record 3 1983-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Property Law (civil law)
DEF

The equitable doctrine that where a trustee has handed over trust property wrongfully, the beneficiary may not only recover the property so long as not mixed with other property, but may recover it from anyone who has taken it with notice of the equitable interest or without having given value for it, or recover any specific asset into which the trust property has been converted, or have a charge on any fund into which the trust assets have been mixed, or any assets purchased with the trust funds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (droit civil)

Spanish

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