All estate whereby the creditor, under the custom of London, retained the possession ofall his debtor’s lands until his debts were paid. 1 Greenl. Cruise, Dig. 515. See STATUTEMERCHANT.

Tenant by the curtesy of England is where a lnausurvives a wife who was seised in fee-simple or fee-tail of lands or tenements, and liashad issue male or female by […]

A freehold estate , out of inheritance , but which is held bythe tenant for his own life or tlie life or lives of one or more other persons, or […]

A species of estate less than freehold, where a man has aninterest in lands and tenements, and a possession thereof, by virtue of such interest,for some fixed and determinate period […]

Assets are transferred from the owner to a beneficiary to not incur capital gains . An example is common stock transferred by the owner at a nominal value in exchange […]

These are the assets that go to the trustee under bankruptcy laws .

An estate in lands held by two or more persons, with interestsaccruing under different titles; or accruing under the same title, but at different periods;or conferred by words of limitation […]

An estate which several persons hold as one heir,whether male or female. This estate has the three unities of time, title, and iwssession;but the interests of the coparceners may be […]

A species of life- estate which a woman is, by law, entitled toclaim on the death of her husband, in the lands and tenements of which lie was seisedin fee […]

One which is not yet in possession, but the enjoyment of which is to begin at a future time;a present or vested contingent right of future enjoyment. These are remainders […]

The estate which a man has where lands are given to himand to his heirs absolutely without any end or limit put to his estate. 2 Bl. Comm. 100;Plowd. 557; […]

generally termed an ” estate tail .” An estate of inheritancewhich a man has, to hold to him and the heirs of his body, or to him and particularheirs of […]

An estate in lands or tenements granted to two ormore persons, to hold in fee-simple, fee- tail, for life, for years, or at will. 2 Bl. Comm.180; 2 Crabb, Real […]

An estate whereby a present interest passes to andresides in the tenant, not depending on any subsequent circumstance or contingency . 2Bl. Comm. 103. An estate where the tenant is […]

An estate limited to take effect in possession, or inenjoyment, or in both, subject only to any term of years or contingent interest that mayIntervene, immediately after the regular expiration […]

A species of estate in expectancy , created by operation oflaw, being the residue of an estate left in tlie grantor, to commence in possession afterthe determination of some particular […]

An estate held by a person in his own right only, withoutany other person being joined or connected with him in point of interest, during bisestate. This is the most […]

An estate in gage or pledge. 2 Bl. Comm. 157 ; 1 Steph. Comm. 282.

An estate in land or other real property , of uncertainduration; that is, either of inheritance or which may possibly last for the life of thetenant at the least, (as […]

A species of freehold estate in lands, otherwise called a”fee,” where the tenant is not only entitled to enjoy the land for his own life, but where,after his death, it […]

Estate owner’s instructions on handling estate assets at the owner’s death, full disability, or legal incapacitation.

Instructions for estate asset disbursement to heirs at the owner/author’s death. Includes drawing up a will, setting up trusts, and gifting property.

Estate for another’s life. An estate in lands which a manholds for the life of another person. 2 Bl. Comm. 120; Litt

See ESTATE IN FEE- TAIL.

When a tenant for life grants his estate to a man and hisheirs, as these words, though apt and proper to create an estate tail , cannot do so,because the […]