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LEGAL ENTAIL [3 records]

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Record 1 2013-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
OBS

The line of heirs is called the entail.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

héritiers du fief taillé en common law : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

OBS

héritiers du fief taillé en common law : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel dans ce contexte.

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
OBS

Entail: an entailing, especially of lands: a setting of an estate tail.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

taille en common law : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

The terms "fee tail," "estate tail," "entail" and "entailed interest" are often used interchangeably although "fee tail" is the correct expression for a legal entail and "entailed interest" is usually reserved for an equitable entail. (Megarry's, 6th ed., 1982, p. 29)

OBS

Entail: a fee limited to the issue, or certain classes of the issue, instead of descending to all the heirs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

fief taillé en common law : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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