单词 | attendant term |
释义 | > as lemmasattendant term attendant term n. Law (now historical and rare) a term of years of an interest in land which has not expired, although the purpose for which it was created has been fulfilled; = outstanding term n. at outstanding adj. Compounds. ΚΠ 1770 G. Wilson Rep. Cases King's Courts 2 331 The attendant term could not pass, but was considered as part of the inheritance. 1795 C. Butler Addit. Notes Lord Coke's 1st Inst. sig. (D)2/2 The purchaser had purchased from him, and taken an assignment of such attendant term, in trust to him and his heirs. 1827 Prop. Lawyer 4 ii. 121 From these principles has sprung the use of attendant terms, by means of which a purchaser gains a priority at law over all contracts and incumbrances subsequent to the creation of the term. 1985 Yale Law Jrnl. 94 2094 Attendant terms. In older English conveyancing practice, long terms of years (which often were actually mortgages) were left technically in place long after they had expired as a way of protecting the successor to the freehold or the real underlying leasehold from unknown intervening incumbrances or conveyances. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。