"Estate For Years" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL

Estate For Years LAW AND LEGAL
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A species of es-tate less than freehold, where a man has an lnterest in lands and tenements, and a possesslon thereof, by virtue of such interest, for some fixed and determinate period of time; as in the case where lands are let for the term of a certain number of years, agreed upon between the lessor and the lessee, and the lessee enters thereon. 1 Steph. Comm. 263, 264. Blackstone calls this estate a “con-tract” for the possession of lands or tene-ments for some determinate period. 2 Bl. Comm. 140. See Hutcheson v. Hodnett, 115 Ga. 990, 42 S. El 422; Despard v. Churchill, 53 N. Y. 192; Brown ▼. Bragg, 22 Ind. 125

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Abstract Of Title LAW AND LEGAL

A condensed' history of tbe title to land, consisting of a synopsis or summary of the material or op-erative portion …

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Allodarh LAW AND LEGAL

owners of allodial lands, owners of estates as large as a subject may have. Co. Litt. 1; Bac. Abr. "Tenure," …

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allodium ENGLISH

Freehold estate; land which is the absolute property of the owner; real estate held in absolute independence, without being subject …

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Arrendamiento LAW AND LEGAL

ln Spanish law. The contract of letting and hiring an estate or land, (beredad.) white, Recop. b. 2, tit. 14, …

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assignment ENGLISH

A transfer of title or interest by writing, as of lease, bond, note, or bill of exchange; a transfer of …

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avulsion ENGLISH

The sudden removal of lands or soil from the estate of one man to that of another by an inundation …

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benefice ENGLISH

An estate in lands; a fief.

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Confirmatio LAW AND LEGAL

The conveyance of an estate, or the communication of a right that one bath in or unto lands or tenements, …

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Consummate LAW AND LEGAL

Completed; as distiu-guished from initiate, or that which is mere-ly begun. Tbe husband of a woman seised of an estate …

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Copyhold LAW AND LEGAL

A species of estate at will, or customary estate in England, the only vis-ible title to whlch consists of the …

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cosinage ENGLISH

A writ to recover possession of an estate in lands, when a stranger has entered, after the death of the …

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curtesy ENGLISH

the life estate which a husband has in the lands of his deceased wife, which by the common law takes …

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Curtesy LAW AND LEGAL

The estate to which by com-xuon law a man is entitled, on the death of his wife, in the lands …

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Defeasible LAW AND LEGAL

Subject to be defeated, annulled, revoked, or undone upon the hap-pening of a future event or the performance of a …

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Devise LAW AND LEGAL

A testamentary disposition of land or realty; a gift of real proi>erty by the last will and testament of the …

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The termination or suspension of an estate-tail, in consequence of the act of the tenant ln tail, in conveying a …

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dispossess ENGLISH

To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual occupancy of, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; …

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domain ENGLISH

Ownership of land; an estate or patrimony which one has in his own right; absolute proprietorship; paramount or sovereign ownership.

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domain ENGLISH

Landed property; estate; especially, the land about the mansion house of a lord, and in his immediate occupancy; demesne.

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Edictal Citation LAW AND LEGAL

In Scotch law. A citation published at the market-cross of Edinburgh, and pier and shore of Leith. Used against foreigners …

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