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Protector Of Settlement

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

One who may be appointed by the settler of an estate tail, without whose consent the tenant in tail cannot bar the entail except as against his own issue.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In English law. By the statute 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c. 74, § 32, power is given to any settlor to appoint any person or persons, not exceeding three, the "protector of the settlement." The object of such appointment ls to prevent the tenant in tall from barring any subsequent estate, the consent of the protector being made necessary for that purpose.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

In English law. Under Will. IV., c. 74, the person who, in family of the first estate of freehold prior to an estate