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Satisfied Terms Act

Defined in 1 dictionary — Bouvier (1914)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

The stat. 8 & 9 Viet. c. 112, passed to abolish satisfied outstanding terms of years in land. By this act, terms which shall henceforth become attendant upon the inheritance, either by express declaration or construction of law, are to cease and determine. This in effect abolishes outstanding terms; 1 Steph. Com., 11th ed. 296, 297; Wms. R. P. pt iv. c. 1.