worthier title doctrine — A common law rule that provides that a conveyance of real property by a grantor to another person for life with a limitation to the grantor s heirs creates a reversion in the grantor by which his or her heirs acquire the property only upon the… … Law dictionary
worthier title doctrine — /wsrdiyar taytal/ At common law where testator undertook to devise to an heir exactly same interest in land as such heir would take by descent, descent was regarded as the worthier title and heir took by descent rather than by devise. Jones v.… … Black's law dictionary
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title — ti·tle n [Anglo French, inscription, legal right, from Old French, from Latin titulum inscription, chapter heading, part of the law that sanctions an action] 1 a: the means or right by which one owns or possesses property; broadly: the quality of … Law dictionary
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Rule in Shelley's Case — The Rule in Shelley s Case is a rule of law that may apply to certain future interests in real property and trusts created in common law jurisdictions. [Moynihan, Cornelius, Introduction to the Law of Real Property , 3d Edition, West Group (St.… … Wikipedia
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