A Practical Treatise on the Law of Trusts, Volume 1Charles H. Edson, 1888 - 1635 pages |
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A Practical Treatise on the Law of Trusts Thomas Lewin,James Henry Flint,Frederick Albert Lewin No preview available - 2015 |
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29 Beav 45 Vict apply appointed Attorney-General Bank Beav beneficial interest benefit breach of trust cestui que trust charge chattels cited conveyance Court Court of Equity covenant creditors death debts declared deed devise directed disclaimer entitled equitable interest equity executed executor feme covert freehold fund Hare heirs held husband intention invest Jones L. J. N. S. Ch L. R. Ch L. R. Eq land lease leaseholds legacy legal estate legatee liable limited Lord Eldon Lord Hardwicke Lord Northington Lord Thurlow Mass ment mortgage N. J. Eq Paige parol parties payment personal estate power of sale purchase receipt remainder remainderman renewal resulting trust rule sell settled settlement settlor Smith Statute of Frauds tenant testator's tion trust estate Vern vested void wife
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Page 303 - And be it further enacted, that where any real estate shall be devised to any person without any words of limitation, such devise shall be construed to pass the fee simple, or other the whole estate or interest which the testator had power to dispose of by will in such real estate, unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will.
Page 100 - Any absolute assignment by writing under the hand of the assignor (not purporting to be by way of charge only) of any debt, or other legal chose in action, of which express notice in writing shall have been given to the debtor, trustee, or other person from whom the assignor would have been entitled to receive or claim such debt or chose in action...
Page 306 - ... shall on his death, notwithstanding any testamentary disposition, devolve to and become vested in his personal representatives or representative from time to time, in like manner as if the same were a chattel real vesting in them or him...
Page 423 - all that can be required of a trustee to invest is, that he shall conduct himself faithfully and exercise a sound discretion. He is to observe how men of prudence, discretion, and intelligence manage their own affairs, not in regard to speculation, but in regard to the permanent disposition of their funds, considering the probable income, as well as the probable safety of the capital to be invested.
Page 715 - A charity, in a legal sense, may be more fully defined as a gift to be applied, consistently with existing laws, for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons, either by bringing their...
Page 303 - ... limitation of the estate to be taken by such trustee, and the beneficial interest in such real estate, or in the surplus rents and profits thereof, shall not be given to any person for life, or such beneficial interest shall be given to any person for life, but the purposes of the trust may continue beyond the life of such person, such devise shall be construed to vest in such trustee the fee simple, or other the whole legal estate which the testator had power to dispose of by will in such real...
Page 215 - ... and, from and after the expiration or other sooner determination of the said term...
Page 842 - ... then the persons, if any, who are for the time being under the settlement trustees with power of sale...
Page 267 - That where any conveyance shall be made of any lands or tenements by which a trust or confidence shall or may arise or result by the implication or construction of law...
Page 32 - Real and personal property of every description may be taken, acquired, held, and disposed of by an alien in the same manner in all respects as by a natural-born British subject ; and a title to real and personal property of every description" may be derived through, from, or in succession to an alien in the same manner in all respects as through, from, or in succession to a natural-born British subject...