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A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A Dictionary of Law

In Scotch law

A deed attaching a qualification or condition to the terms of a conveyance or other instrument. This deed is used when particular circumstances render it necessary to express in a separate form the limitations or qualifications of a right. Bell. The instrument is equivalent to a declaration of trust in English conveyancing.