fictitious proceeding
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fictitious transaction — false deal, invented proceeding, untrue settlement … English contemporary dictionary
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Fee tail — Entail redirects here. For other uses, see Entail (disambiguation). Property law … Wikipedia
bail common — At common law a fictitious proceeding, intended only to express the appearance of a defendant, in cases where special bail is not required. It is put in in the same form as special bail, but the sureties are merely nominal or imaginary persons,… … Black's law dictionary
bail common — At common law a fictitious proceeding, intended only to express the appearance of a defendant, in cases where special bail is not required. It is put in in the same form as special bail, but the sureties are merely nominal or imaginary persons,… … Black's law dictionary
vouchee — /vawchiy/ In common recoveries, the person who is called to warrant or defend the title is called the vouchee. The person who is vouched to warranty. In this fictitious proceeding the crier of the court usually performs the office of a common… … Black's law dictionary
fine to bar entail — A method, long since obsolete, if not entirely illegal, of defeating a fee tail, being a fictitious proceeding under which the entail could be barred, consisting of the acknowledgement in a feigned suit in open court of a previous conveyance by… … Ballentine's law dictionary
levying fine — A fictitious proceeding at common law to effect an alienation of land. See fine to bar entail; fine to convey … Ballentine's law dictionary
Common Recovery — A Common Recovery was a fictitious legal proceeding in England to enable an entailed estate in land (also called a fee tail) to be converted into absolute ownership, fee simple. As a preliminary, there needed to be a conveyance of the land. The… … Wikipedia
Common recovery — A common recovery was a fictitious legal proceeding in England to enable an entailed estate in land (also called a fee tail) to be converted into absolute ownership, fee simple. As a preliminary, there needed to be a conveyance of the land. The… … Wikipedia
