statute of uses
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
Definitions from Case Law
From 30 U.S. 151 - Francis Henderson and Wifes v. Ira Griffin · 1831Most cited · 34 citing opinions
The statute conveys the possession to the use, and transfers the use into possession, thereby making the cestui qui use complete owner of the lands and tenements, as well at law as in equity. The possession thus transferred is not a mere seisin or possession in law, but an actual seisin and possession in fact; not a mere title to enter upon the land, but an actual estate.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
See "Use."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
The statute 27 Henry VIII, c. 10, enacted to prevent the evils sought to be remedied by the statutes of mortmain, by vesting the legal title in the cestui que use, but, this statute was also circumvented. See 1 Smith (N. H.), 327.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910