executed fine
Hist. A fine made on acknowledgment of the right of the grantee to land given to him as a gift from the grantor. • This was abolished in England in 1833. 3 & 4 Will. 4, ch. 74.
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finesur cognizance de droit come ceo que il ad de son done
fine sur cognizance de droit, come ceo que il ad de son done (fIn s[schwa]r kon-[schwa]-z[schwa]nts d[schwa] droyt, kom say-oh kweel ad d[schwa]sawni dawin). [Law French “a fine upon acknowledgment of the right, as that which he has of his gift”] Hist. The most common fine of conveyance, by which the defendant (also called the
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executed trust
A trust in which the estates and interests in the subject matter of the trust are completely limited and defined by the instrument creating the trust and require no further instruments to complete them. — Also termed complete voluntary trust.[Cases: Trusts 114. C.J.S. Trover and Conversion § 215.]
leading of a use
leading of a use. Hist. In a deed, the specification, before the levy of a fine of land, of the person to whose use the fine will inure. • If the deed is executed after the fine, it “declares” the use. “As if A., tenant in tail, with reversion to himself in fee, would settle
leading of a use
Hist. In a deed, the specification, before the levy of a fine of land, of the person to whose use the fine will inure. • If the deed is executed after the fine, it “declares” the use.
instrument
instrument. 1. A written legal document that defines rights, duties, entitlements, or liabilities, such as a contract, will, promissory note, or share certificate. “An ‘instrument’ seems to embrace contracts, deeds, statutes, wills, Orders in Council, orders, warrants, schemes, letters patent, rules, regulations, bye-laws, whether in writing or in print, or partly in both; in fact,
debtor’s act of 1869
Debtor’s Act of 1869. An English statute that, among other things, (1) abolished imprisonment for debt except in certain cases, as when a debtor owed a debt to the Crown or a debtor had money but refused to pay a debt, (2) abolished arrest by mesne process, that is, by compelling the defendant to appear
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