vested, adj. Having become a completed, consummated right for present or future enjoyment; not contingent; unconditional; absolute (a vested interest in the estate). [Cases: Estates in Property 1. C.J.S. Estates §§ 2–5, 8, 15–21, 116–128, 137, 243.] “[U]nfortunately, the word ‘vested’ is used in two senses. Firstly, an interest may be vested in possession, when […]
The continuing exercise and enjoyment of a right. • This type of possession is often unrelated to an ownership interest in property. For example, a criminal defendant possesses the right to demand a trial by jury. — Also termed possessio juris; (Ger.) Rechtsbesitz.
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quality of estate. 1. The period when the right of enjoying an estate is conferred upon the owner, whether at present or in the future. 2. The manner in which the owner’s right of enjoyment of an estate is to be exercised, whether solely, jointly, in common, or in coparcenary.
The doctrine that certain social policies, such as the freedom of contract or the right to enjoy property without interference by government regulation, exist in the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment, particularly in the words “liberty” and “property.”
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A deed containing one or more covenants of title; esp., a deed that expressly guarantees the grantor’s good, clear title and that contains covenants concerning the quality of title, including warranties of seisin, quiet enjoyment, right to convey, freedom from encumbrances, and defense of title against all claims. — Also termed general warranty deed; full-covenant-and-warranty
seignior (seen-y[schwa]r), n. [Law French] Hist. An owner of something; a lord of a fee or manor. — Also spelled seigneur (seen- or sayn-y[schwa]r); seignor. See SEIGNIORY. seignior in gross (seen-y[schwa]r in grohs), n. [Law French] A lord having no manor but enjoying the other rights of lordship.
coowner, n. A person who is in concurrent ownership, possession, and enjoyment of property with one or more others; a tenant in common, a joint tenant, or a tenant by the entirety. [Cases: Husband and Wife 14; Joint Tenancy 1; Tenancy in Common 1. C.J.S. Estates § 19; Joint Tenancy§§ 2, 4, 7–9; Tenancy in
simple license 单纯许可；单纯授权 指权利人授权他人不支付报酬或对价而在自己的土地上从事一定行为。授权人可随意撤销单纯授权，但不能对被授权人为实现授权内容所从事的行为要求其承担侵入土地〔trespass〕和其他责任。如果被授权人为了实现自己对土地的使用权〔enjoyment〕而有所支出，则在其支出未受补偿之前，该单纯授权不得撤销。
A covenant that relates directly to land, such as a covenant of quiet enjoyment. Cf. collateral covenant.
liege poustie (leej pow-stee). [Law French “liege power” fr. Latin legitima potestas “lawful power”] Scots law. The lawful power of one in good health, as a result of which the person might dispose of heritable property. • The phrase often appeared attributively, as in liege poustie conveyance. Cf. LEGITIMA POTESTAS. “LIEGE POUSTIE; is that state