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Same as Estate at sufferance.

A widower’s interest in his wife’s lands. See Courtesy .

Tenant by the curtesy of England is where a man survives a wlfe who was seised in fee-simple or fee-tail of lands or tenements, and has had issue male or female by her born alive a

A duty imposed in England (act of 1894) superseding probate duty, taxing not the interest to which some person succeeds on a death, but the interest which ceased by reason of the d

See Life estate .

An estate for a fixed time.

An estate for one year, renewed for another year by presumption, unless terminated.

The interest of a tenant in common.

The interest of a coparcener.

An estate which several persons lold as one heir, whether male orfemale. This estate has the three unities of time, title, and pussession; but the interests of the coparceners may

See Dower.

An estate presently vesting for future enjoyment. See 7 Paige Ch. (N. Y.) 70.

See Fee simple .

See

See Estate-tail .

See Joint tenancy .

One wherein the holder has the present right of entry and user.

The interest of a remainderman.

A reversioner’s interest.

An estate or interest held in sole ownership.

An estate of inheritance, which, instead of descending to heirs generally, goes to the heirs of the donee's body, which means his lawful issue, his chlidren, and through them to hi

An estate In pledge.

An estate in land or other real property, of uncertain duration; that is, either of inheritance or which may possibly last for the life of the tenant at the least, (as distinguishe

One which the heirs may inherit.

An estate to endure for the life of another.

Estate for another's life. An estote in lands which a man holds for the life of another person. 2 Bl. Comm. 120; Litt. § 56.

The quantum and duration of proprietary rights in lands, tenements, and hereditaments; the theory of the common law being that the tenant or owner is entitled to an estate in the l

Estates held in pledge.

The lords spiritual and temporal and the commons.

QUASI. When a tenant for life grants his estate to a man and his heirs, as these words, though apt and proper to create an estate tail, cannot do so, because the grantor, being onl

The estate of a childless widower who holds in special tail.

An estate limited to a man and the female heirs of his body.

Same as Estate-tail.

An estate limited to a man and the male heirs of his body.

See Quasi estate-tail .

An estate limited to a man and his heirs on a certain body begotten.

Like provisions in earlier acts have been generally upheld as imposing a tax on the privilege of transferring the property of a decedent at death, measured by the value of the inte

For purposes of this subsection, the term “estate tax inclusion period” means any period after the transfer described in paragraph (1) during which the value of the property involv

The lien attaches at the date of the decedent's death, since the gross estate is determined as of that date and the estate tax itself becomes an obligation of the estate at that ti

The estate tax is not based on the value of the reversionary interest of the decedent at the time of his death but on the value at the time of his death of the property to which th

the foregoing words, "" "to be equally divided among them, &c.and as William is named as one of the " six aforesaid children," among whom the residue of the personal estate was thu

See "Condition."

An estate having a condition annexed to it inseparably from its essence and constitution, although no condition be expressed in words. 2 Bl. Comm. 152; 4 Kent, Comm. 121.

An estate granted, either in fee-simple or otherwise, with an express qualification annexed, whereby the estate granted shall either commence, be enlarged, or be defeated upon perf

See Limita tion over. See, also, 80 Am. Dec. 493. note. Limitation over . See, also, 80 Am. Dec. 493. note.

One which is not yet in possession, but the enjoymentof which is to begin at a future time; a present or vested contingent right of future enjoyment. These are remainders and rever

Estatut. L. Fr. A statute. Solonez les estatutes de Wyncester; according to the statutes of Winchester. Britt. c. 12. En nos estatutz de Westminster. Id. c. 14.

Public and private law is that which is collected from natural precepts or from nations or from citizens; and that which in the written law is called jus, in the English law is sai

Public and private law Is that which is collected from natural precepts, on the one hand of nations, on the other of citizens ; and that which in the civil law is called "jus," tha

Violence may also be masquerading as law.

It is the duty of a good judge to liberally interpret his jurisdiction.

« To take out a forfeited reeognizance from the records of a court, and

Been.

' An animal that has escaped from its owner, and wanders or strays about; at common law, a wandering animal whose owner is unknown.* A wandering beast whose owner is unknown to the

An ensign for horsemen in wav.

I fr. To extend, or lay out Estendn: extended.

estant, esteinte, I. fr. Extent; the laying out of lands; value; estimation.

To enter an appearance.

Sterling. [L. Lat. esterlingus, sterlingus.] The silver penny of England, (denarius argenteus.) Spelman, voc. Esterlingus. See Denarius. Good money, (moneta proba), as distinguishe

sterling. The silver penny of England; good money; lawful money; standard silver money.

To calculate roughly or to form an opinion from imperfect data. See 129 La. 857, Ann. Cas. 1913B, 848, 56 South. 1026.

The term “estimated annual operating cost” means the aggregate retail cost of the energy which is likely to be consumed annually, and in the case of showerheads, faucets, water clo

“Estimated investment” shall mean the estimated cost of the development of the project, as stated in the application submitted to the Secretary for insurance under this subchapter.

Estimated level of receipts plus interest.—The term "estimated level of receipts plus interest" means the level of excise taxes and interest credited to the Airport and A

For purposes of this section, the term "estimated net claims costs" shall mean the difference between— (1) the sum of— (A) the estimated costs incurred by a carrier in pr

The voice of the legislators them selves is like the living voice; that ls, the language of a statute ls to be understood and interpreted like ordinary spoken language. 10 Coke, 10

That of the legislators themselves is like the living voice; we impose law upon things and not upon words.

<A ceremony whieh mpanied the grant of lands in the feudal ani consisted in the open and notorious y of possession in the presence of the r yassals, which perpetuated amoug them 2

Be it.

To operate as an estoppel.

Be it everlasting.

The principle of estoppel is well settled. It precludes a person from denying what he has said or the implication from his silence or conduct upon which another has acted. There mu

COLLATERAL. The collateral determination of a question by acourt having general jurisdiction of the subject. Estoveria sunt ardendi, arandi, construendi et claudendi. 18 Coke, 68.

That would present the case of estoppel against estoppel, which Lord Coke says setteth the matter at large. No one can set up an estoppel against his own grant.

The title of the lessee is, in fact, the title of the lessor. He comes in by virtue of it, holds by virtue of it, and rests upon it to maintain and justify his possession. He profe

Where the grantor sets forth on the face of his conveyance, by averment or recital, that he is seized of a particular estate in the premises, and which estate the deed purports to

An estoppel predicated on a voluntary and intelligent action or choice of one of several things which is inconsistent with another, the effect of the estoppel being to prevent the

The estoppel, where the judgment was rendered upon the merits, whether on demurrer, agreed statement, or verdict, extends to every material allegation or statement which, having be

Where the second suit is upon the same cause of action set up in the first suit, an estoppel by judgment arises in respect to every matter offered or received in evidence, or which

An estoppel by the conduct or admissions of the party ; an estoppel not arising from deed or matter of record. Thus, where one man has accepted rent of another, he will be estopped

An estoppel founded upon matter of record; as a confession or admission made in pleading in a court of record, which precludes the party from afterwards contesting the same fact in

The question is, whether the subsequent proceedings under the bill in equity, in which that title is asserted to be equitable, and the release given by Stone under that decree, and

An estoppel resulting from a judgment of a court of record. See 8 Wend. (N. Y.) 9, 22 Am. Dec. 603.

In all the cases which have been decided on this principle, the fraud, for such it is supposed to be, has been practised by a party who has himself an interest in the subject-matte

if A sells and conveys his slaves or lands, and then produces to another his previous paper title, and obtains credit upon the goods or lands by pledging them for money loaned, he

whenever the form of the issue in the trial relied on as an estoppel is so vague that it does not determine what questions of fact were submitted to the jury under it, it is compet

it was not necessary as between parties and privies that the record should show that the question upon which the right of the plaintiff to recover, or the validity of the defence,

The warranty estops the grantee, and all persons in privity with him, from denying that he was seized. The estoppel works upon the estate, and binds the after-acquired title as bet

the recitals in the bonds are conclusive, constituting an estoppel in pais upon the defendants in this suit

If the second action is upon the same claim or demand as that in which the judgment pleaded was rendered, the judgment is an absolute bar not only of what was decided but of what m

Estoppels which run with the land and work thereon are not mere conclusions; they pass estates, and constitute titles; they are muniments of title, assuring it to the purchaser. Th

Estoper. L. Fr. To stop, or obstruct, as by damming up a stream. De ewes estqppes; of water courses stopped. £ritt. c. 29. EKT (438)

L. Fr., Estoveria, estoverium, Lat. In old English law. An allowance made to a person out of an estate for his support; an allowance of wood to a tenant in dower for repairs, fuel

An allowance made to a person out of an estate for his support; an allowance to a woman upon divorce a mensa et thoro for her support out of her husband's estate, — more commonly c

i Maintenance; support; necessaries. Compare Bote. Common of estovers; estovers. The liability of taking necessary wood from another's land for fuel, fences or other agricultural p

Fr. & Eng. [L. Lat. estoverium.] An allowance made to a person. See Estoverium. The plural only (estovers,) is now used. See Estovers.

13 Coke, 68. Estovers are of fire-bote, plow-bote, house-bote, and hedge-bote,

Estovers are for burning, ploughing, building and fencing.

See De esto-veriis habendis .

Estovers.