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(law) inheriting the estate of someone who died without having made a will
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(law) In the law of wills, the determination of what happens when property left under a will is no longer in the testator's estate when the testator dies.
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(property law) The transfer of property to another person.
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(law) An improvement to an estate that changes its character such that a holder of a future interest in the estate can recover damages against the owner who permitted the improvement to be be made, even if the change actually increases the value of the estate.
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(Scotland, law, historical) The appraisal of the value of goods, land, etc., often in order to pay the debts of a deceased person.
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(law) Sufficient estate; property sufficient in the hands of an executor or heir to pay the debts or legacies of the testator or ancestor to satisfy claims against it.
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(law) The person who takes all or most of the returns of a property's equity or monetary gains.
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(Scotland, law) A legal privilege whereby an heir secured himself against unlimited liability for his ancestor, by giving up within the annus deliberandi an inventory of his heritage or real estate, which then represented the maximum extent to which he was liable.
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A person's inheritance; an amount of property given by will.
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(law) A neglect of a tenant to perform services, or make payment, for two years.
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(transitive) To grant or establish a charter.
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Tangible, movable property.
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(UK) A person receiving money from the government, in a form of unemployment benefits, disability benefits or similar.
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(law) Full ownership of something, usually land, that is free of any encumbrances.
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(law) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed
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(law, UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia) The power of a state to expropriate private land within its jurisdiction for public use.
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(law) A fee granted on condition, or limited to particular heirs; the estate of a mortgagee of land, possession of which is conditional on payment.
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(law) The life interest that the surviving husband has in the real or heritable estate of his wife.
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Temporary possession or care of somebody else's property.
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An inheritance tax or estate tax.
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(law) The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.
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(law) An amount to be paid to an heir out of a particular named fund.
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(property law) In full, writ of devastavit: a writ issued against an executor or administrator claiming compensation for such misapplication of assets.
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The real property left in such a will.
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A right granted to artists or their heirs, in some jurisdictions, to receive a fee on the resale of their artworks.
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(property law) An interest, right, burden, or liability attached to a title of land, such as a lien or mortgage.
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An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue.
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Obsolete form of entail. [An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue.]
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(law, finance) Value of property minus liens or other encumbrances.
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(law) The advantage, allowed to a mortgager, of a certain or reasonable time to redeem lands mortgaged, after they have been forfeited at law by the non-payment of the sum of money due on the mortgage at the appointed time.
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(law) The return of property of a deceased person to the state (originally to a feudal lord) where there are no legal heirs or claimants.
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(law) The process of transferring unclaimed or abandoned property to a state authority, especially when a person dies intestate.
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The collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person.
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The sale of a person's possessions after their death, normally formalised by the executor of the estate.
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Obsolete form of escheat. [(law) The return of property of a deceased person to the state (originally to a feudal lord) where there are no legal heirs or claimants.]
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(law) A defeasible fee created with clear durational language expressing a condition (e.g. "so long as", "until", "while") which causes ownership of a property to revert to the grantor upon the occurrence of that condition.
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(law) A defeasible fee created with clear durational language expressing a condition (e.g. "so long as", "until", "while") which causes ownership of a property to revest in a third party identified by the grantor if that condition comes about.
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(law) In property law and real estate, a legal right to property ownership which will vest in the future, but which does not include the right to present possession or enjoyment of the property.
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(law) Property which can be inherited.
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A person who temporarily or permanently possesses something.
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(law) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin
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(transitive) To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.
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The passing of title to an estate upon death.
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(law) The area of law pertaining to passing on property, titles, debts, rights, and obligations upon the death of an individual.
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A tax based on the value of the property of a deceased person, and charged on the beneficiaries of the estate.
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(law) Money or property bequeathed to someone in a will.
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(law) Common in Continental Law jurisdictions, a portion of property fixed by law, which a testator with issue is bound to bequeath to his children.
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(law) That portion of a parent's estate of which he cannot disinherit his children without a legal cause.
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(law) The delivery of property from one owner to the next.
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(law) The right to exploit the mineral resources located on or, especially, beneath a parcel of land
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(obsolete, law) The taking of property for the purpose of compensation.
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(military) To have, or to have taken, possession or control of (a territory).
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(law) The act of walking on a property to establish ownership.
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(law) One who receives the profits, as of an estate.
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(law) Any property that is movable, that is, not real estate.
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(law) The property that goes to the executor or administrator of the deceased, as distinguished from the realty, which goes to the heirs.
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(law) Where a grantor of an estate in land has created a fee simple determinable (a condition on the grant which would give the grantor the right to reclaim ownership of the property), the grantor's remaining interest in the property.
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(law) In the law of wills, the ability of a testator to select a person who will be given the authority to dispose of certain property under the will.
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The purchase of public land by the occupant.
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One who holds a prior right to purchase certain public land.
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Transfer of property to relatives or other beneficiaries prior to death.
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The act or right of taking possession before another.
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(obsolete) To invest with properties, or qualities.
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Ownership that is not absolute and complete.
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Real estate that is owned by a forecloser.
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(law) The property that goes to the heirs of the deceased, as distinguished from the personalty, which goes to the executor or administrator of the estate.
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The right to inherit land or title when the current possessor of that land or title dies without an heir.
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(law) The legal right to allow the drips from one's roof to fall on another person's land.
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(law) Where a grantor has created a fee simple subject to condition subsequent, and the condition of the grant has come to pass, the right of the grantor to physically reclaim ownership of the land.
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(law) A person or organization that owns the legal rights to something
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(law, countable, by extension) Any rule that prevents a testator or other transferor of property from controlling further transfer of his property beyond a certain length of time.
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(transitive, law) To vest ownership of a freehold estate in (someone).
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(law) A person who settles property on express trust for the benefit of beneficiaries.
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(law) A third party interest in an estate in land created by the conditions of a grant wherein the grantor gives the land to a second party, but with the occurrence of a condition divesting the second party of the land in favor of the third party.
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(law) An interest in an estate in land created by the conditions of a grant wherein the grantor cuts short the grantor's own interest in the property in favor of the grantee, contingent upon the occurrence of a specific condition.
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(law) A right whereby a person becomes entitled to property by reason of his having survived another person who had an interest in it. It is one of the elements of a joint tenancy.
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Provided for use by an employer for as long as one is employed, often with restrictions on the conditions of use.
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(law) The right possessed by an heir or legatee of transmitting to his successor(s) any inheritance, legacy, right, or privilege, to which he is entitled, even if he should die without enjoying or exercising it.
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(law) Taking possession of personal property which has been found.
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The acquisition of right or title to an object or property by means of the simple passage of time.
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(law) The legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person, as long as the property is not damaged.
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(property law, rare) An act of claiming property.
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(law) To devolve as matter of right without reference to immediate right of possession.
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(law) Settled, fixed or absolute, with no contingencies.
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(law) An indefeasible right or title, distinguished from a contingent interest, which could be defeated (i.e. cease) if a certain event occurred.
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