A Collection of Acts Relating to the Transfer Of, Or Dealing With, Land: With the Cases Decided in the Supreme Court Noted, and a Copious Index AppendedC. Potter, 1877 - 286 pages |
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Page vi
... appear redundant or inconsistent with the title of the book , and others have been omitted which might appear to fall properly within its scope . For example , all the provisions relating to " Ejectment " contained in the Common Law ...
... appear redundant or inconsistent with the title of the book , and others have been omitted which might appear to fall properly within its scope . For example , all the provisions relating to " Ejectment " contained in the Common Law ...
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... appear , or whether it shall be advertised in any other of the Colonies or in Great Britain , and to advise and assist the Registrar General in this important duty . " Statute of Victoria is in every respect a much more X PREFACE .
... appear , or whether it shall be advertised in any other of the Colonies or in Great Britain , and to advise and assist the Registrar General in this important duty . " Statute of Victoria is in every respect a much more X PREFACE .
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... tenor of the Real Property Act in its present form appears to be opposed to the registration of titles of lower quality than what are known as " marketable " titles , and the practice of the Examiners has , speaking generally , PREFACE .
... tenor of the Real Property Act in its present form appears to be opposed to the registration of titles of lower quality than what are known as " marketable " titles , and the practice of the Examiners has , speaking generally , PREFACE .
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... appear to have come to the conclusion , very soon after the intro- duction of the system , that the only titles which they would be justified in recommending the Government to guarantee were the class known as " marketable " titles ...
... appear to have come to the conclusion , very soon after the intro- duction of the system , that the only titles which they would be justified in recommending the Government to guarantee were the class known as " marketable " titles ...
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... appear that the prac- tice of the department in this Colony of refusing all titles but such as are unexceptionable from an equitable point of view , is justified by sound principle , as it most certainly has been justified by the test ...
... appear that the prac- tice of the department in this Colony of refusing all titles but such as are unexceptionable from an equitable point of view , is justified by sound principle , as it most certainly has been justified by the test ...
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Act of Parliament action administration aforesaid application appointed assigns attested authority caveat certificate of title chose in action codicil Colony Commissioner conditional purchase conveyance Court of Equity covenant creditors Crown Lands Alienation debts deceased declared deed deemed devise direct dower duly effect encumbrance entry equity estate or interest evidence executed executors fee simple feoffment further enacted Governor grant or certificate heirs hereafter hereby hereditaments hereinafter hereinbefore insolvent instrument intention intestate issued Judge Justice Lands Alienation Act lease Legislative Council lessee lessor liable Majesty manner marriage memorandum ment mortgage mortgagor notice oath Parliament parties payment person claiming person entitled person or persons plaintiff Port Phillip possession Provided purpose real estate Real Property Act receipt register book Registrar respect signed South Wales statute Supreme Court tenements therein thereof thereto Thomas Day transfer transferree trustee or trustees valid vested writ
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Page 38 - That no contract for the sale of any goods, wares, and merchandise, for the price of ten pounds sterling or upwards, shall be allowed to be good, except the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold, and actually receive the same...
Page 188 - ... a bequest of the personal estate of the testator, or any bequest of personal property described in a general manner, shall be construed to include any personal estate, or any personal estate to which such description shall extend (as the case may be), which he may have power to appoint in any manner he may think proper, and shall operate as an execution of such power, unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will.
Page 188 - That no will or codicil, or any part thereof, shall be revoked otherwise than as aforesaid, or by another will or codicil executed in manner hereinbefore required, or by some writing declaring an intention to revoke the same, and executed in the manner in which a will is hereinbefore required to be executed...
Page 189 - Bequest shall not lapse, but shall take effect as if the Death of such Person had happened immediately after the Death of the Testator, unless a contrary Intention shall appear by the Will.
Page 188 - ... part of the will opposite or near to such alteration, or at the foot or end of, or opposite to a memorandum referring to such alteration, and written at the end or some other part of the will.
Page 188 - And be it further enacted, that every will shall be construed, with reference to the real estate and personal estate comprised in it, to speak and take effect as if it had been executed immediately before the death of the testator, unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will.
Page 187 - Directions for the Payment of any Debt or Debts), shall be thereby given or made, such Devise, Legacy, Estate, Interest, Gift, or Appointment shall, so far only as concerns such Person attesting 'the Execution of such Will, or the Wife or Husband of such Person, or any Person claiming under such Person or Wife or Husband, be utterly null and void...
Page 81 - ... shall have been in possession or receipt of the entirety, or more than his or their undivided share or shares of such land, or of the profits thereof, or of such rent, for his or their own benefit, or for the benefit of any person or persons other than the person or persons entitled to the other share or shares of the same land or rent, such possession or receipt shall not be deemed to have been the possession or receipt of or by such last-mentioned person or persons, or any of them.
Page 194 - ... goods, chattels and credits of the said deceased at the time of his death, or which at any time after shall come to the hands or possession of said Samuel or into the hands or possession of any other person or persons for him, do well and truly administer according to law.
Page 37 - That no action shall be brought whereby to charge any executor or administrator upon any special promise to answer damages out of his own estate or whereby to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default or miscarriage of another person...