(law) immediate and direct physical control over property
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Legal jointure
(law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower
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(law) having the power and intention to have and control property but without direct control or actual presence upon it
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.(law) possession for which criminal sanctions are provided because the property may not lawfully be possessed or may not be possessed…
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.(law) the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land)
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.(law) an estate whose duration is limited to the life of the person holding it
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.(law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.(law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.(law) an estate whose duration is limited to the life of the person holding it
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it; "he signe…
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it; "he signe…
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it; "he signe…
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.a life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.possession of controlled substances
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.any easement enjoyed by the public in general (as the public's right to use public streets)
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.the privilege of someone to pass over land belonging to someone else
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.tenure by which land is held in fee simple or for life
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.the right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan
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the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: estate, secured, prospective, wife, marriage.Settlement on a wife, or jointure.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: estate, secured, prospective, wife, marriage.Relationship by marriage (as between a husband and his wife's blood relations, or between a wife and her husband's blood relations); -…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: estate, secured, prospective, wife, marriage.The sudden removal of lands or soil from the estate of one man to that of another by an inundation or a current, or by a sudden change…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: estate, secured, prospective, wife, marriage.The brother of one's husband or wife; also, the husband of one's sister; sometimes, the husband of one's wife's sister.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: estate, secured, prospective, wife, marriage.Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: estate, secured, prospective, wife, marriage.A wife of inferior condition; a lawful wife, but not united to the man by the usual ceremonies, and of inferior condition. Such were H…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: estate, secured, prospective, wife, marriage.Forgiveness, either express or implied, by a husband of his wife or by a wife of her husband, for a breach of marital duty, as adulter…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: estate, secured, prospective, wife, marriage.Pertaining to dower, or a woman's marriage portion; constituting dower, or comprised in it.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: estate, secured, prospective, wife, marriage.A widow endowed, or having a jointure; a widow who either enjoys a dower from her deceased husband, or has property of her own brought…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: estate, secured, prospective, wife, marriage.Furnished with, or as with, dower or a marriage portion.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: estate, secured, prospective, wife, marriage.Destitute of dower; having no marriage portion.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: estate, secured, prospective, wife, marriage.
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