Tag: Property
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Accession
English Law: Accession in the Past The ownership of a thing, whether it be real or personal, movable or immovable, carries with it the right to all that the thing produces and to all that becomes united to it, either naturally or artificially; this is called the right of accession. […]
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Accession
English Law: Accession in the Past The ownership of a thing, whether it be real or personal, movable or immovable, carries with it the right to all that the thing produces and to all that becomes united to it, either naturally or artificially; this is called the right of accession. […]
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Legitim
Note: the meaning is different from Legitimation. Legitim, or Bairn’s Part, in Scots law, the legal share of the movable property of a father due on his death to his children. If a father dies leaving a widow and children, the movable property is divided into three equal parts; one-third […]
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Base Fee
Base Fee, in law, a freehold estate of inheritance which is limited or qualified by the existence of certain conditions. In modern property law the commonest example of a base fee is an estate created by a tenant in tail, not in possession, who bars the entail without the consent of the […]
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Grant
Definition of Grant In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Grant : 1. The creation or transfer of the ownership of property (e.g. an estate or interest in land) by written instrument; for example, the grant of a lease. (See also lie in grant). 2. A […]
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Housing
Sheltered housing complex in the Building (Scotland) Act 2003 Meaning of Sheltered housing complex in the context of the Building (Scotland) Act 2003:a. two or more dwellings in the same building or b. two or more dwellings on adjacent sites where those dwellings are, in each case, designed […]
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Game Laws
From the Encyclopedia Britannica (1911): Game Laws: This title in English law is applied to the statutes which regulate the right to pursue and take or kill certain kinds of wild animals (see above). The existence of these statutes is due to the rules of the common law as to the nature […]
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Bargain
Bargain, from O. Fr. bargaigne, a word of doubtful origin, appearing in many Romance languages, cf. Ital. bargagno; it is connected with Late Lat. barcaniare, to traffic, possibly derived from barca, a barge. Definition of Unconscionable Bargain In accordance with the work A Dictionary of […]
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Bailment
Definition of Bailment (from Fr. bailler, to place in charge of, cf. Bail) In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Bailment : The transfer of the possession of goods by the owner (the bailor) to another (the bailee) for a particular purpose. Examples of […]
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Bailment
Definition of Bailment (from Fr. bailler, to place in charge of, cf. Bail) In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Bailment : The transfer of the possession of goods by the owner (the bailor) to another (the bailee) for a particular purpose. Examples of […]
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Council Housing
Definition of Council Housing In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Council Housing : Residential accommodation provided for renting by local authorities (primarily by district and London borough councils, who, as housing authorities, have a general […]
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Private Rented Housing
Resources See Also Further Reading Private Rented Housing in the Encyclopedia of Britain Private Rented Housing in the Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary Private Rented Housing in the Halsbury's Laws of England Private Rented Housing in the Stroud's Judicial Dictionary of Words and […]
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Fully Mutual Housing Association
Definition of Fully Mutual Housing Association In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Fully Mutual Housing Association : A housing association whose rules restrict membership to people who are tenants or prospective tenants of the association and prevent the […]
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Housing Adaptations
Resources See Also Further Reading Housing Adaptations in the Encyclopedia of Britain Housing Adaptations in the Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary Housing Adaptations in the Halsbury's Laws of England Housing Adaptations in the Stroud's Judicial Dictionary of Words and Phrases […]
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Social Rented Housing
Resources See Also Further Reading Social Rented Housing in the Encyclopedia of Britain Social Rented Housing in the Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary Social Rented Housing in the Halsbury's Laws of England Social Rented Housing in the Stroud's Judicial Dictionary of Words and […]