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Legal Terms – Full Title Assurance
The advantage of a comprehensive array of covenants incorporated into the sale and other transfers of land by the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994. The primary stipulations encompass: • the seller's entitlement to transfer the property; • the seller's obligation to exert efforts to provide the title he claims, at his own expense; • in instances of registered land, the complete transfer of the property as per the registered title; • in cases of unregistered land, the transfer of freehold or, if leasehold, the transfer of the remaining lease term; • the assurance that the disposition is devoid of all charges, encumbrances, and adverse rights known to the seller; • in the context of leasehold land, the continuation of the lease and the seller's adherence to its terms.
The advantage of a comprehensive array of covenants incorporated into the sale and other transfers of land by the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994. The primary stipulations encompass: • the seller's entitlement to transfer the property; • the seller's obligation to exert efforts to provide the title he claims, at his own expense; • in instances of registered land, the complete transfer of the property as per the registered title; • in cases of unregistered land, the transfer of freehold or, if leasehold, the transfer of the remaining lease term; • the assurance that the disposition is devoid of all charges, encumbrances, and adverse rights known to the seller; • in the context of leasehold land, the continuation of the lease and the seller's adherence to its terms.
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Legal Terms – Fully Mutual Housing Association
A housing organization that limits membership to current or potential tenants and prohibits the granting or assignment of tenancies to non-members. are exempt from the assured tenancy regulation.
A housing organization that limits membership to current or potential tenants and prohibits the granting or assignment of tenancies to non-members. are exempt from the assured tenancy regulation.
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Legal Terms – Functus Officio
functus officio [Latin: having fulfilled his duties] Characterizing an individual who has fulfilled their responsibilities and whose position or authority has concluded. Upon rendering a judgment, the judge is functus officio: he possesses no authority to amend his decision, which can solely be contested by other judges in subsequent appellate courts.
functus officio [Latin: having fulfilled his duties] Characterizing an individual who has fulfilled their responsibilities and whose position or authority has concluded. Upon rendering a judgment, the judge is functus officio: he possesses no authority to amend his decision, which can solely be contested by other judges in subsequent appellate courts.
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Legal Terms - Funeral expenditures
Reasonable funeral expenditures are the first levy on the deceased's assets, payable from the estate before any other debt or duty. This covers the expense of a tombstone or gravestone (Stanton v Ewart F. Youlden Ltd [1960] 1 WLR 543; HMRC Statement of Practice SP7/87). Such expenditures are deductible in the computation of inheritance tax (Inheritance Tax Act 1984 § 172).
Reasonable funeral expenditures are the first levy on the deceased's assets, payable from the estate before any other debt or duty. This covers the expense of a tombstone or gravestone (Stanton v Ewart F. Youlden Ltd [1960] 1 WLR 543; HMRC Statement of Practice SP7/87). Such expenditures are deductible in the computation of inheritance tax (Inheritance Tax Act 1984 § 172).
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Legal Terms – Freehold
The most comprehensive kind of land ownership: a legal estate held in fee simple absolute in possession.
The most comprehensive kind of land ownership: a legal estate held in fee simple absolute in possession.
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Legal Terms - Freeing of adoption
Previously, the process by which parents provided their consent for a child's adoption, or such consent was waived on statutory grounds. Parents provided their approval in broad terms, rather than for an adoption by specific prospective adopters. The Adoption and Children Act 2002 dissolved it and instituted a new placement regime (see to placement order).
Previously, the process by which parents provided their consent for a child's adoption, or such consent was waived on statutory grounds. Parents provided their approval in broad terms, rather than for an adoption by specific prospective adopters. The Adoption and Children Act 2002 dissolved it and instituted a new placement regime (see to placement order).
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Legal Terms – Free Movement
The unimpeded movement of products, individuals, services, and capital within a designated territory, free from legal constraints. This is a fundamental principle of the European Union, as stipulated in its treaty, which mandates the free movement of goods (entailing the removal of customs duties and quantitative restrictions among member states and the establishment of a Common External Tariff), alongside the free movement of services, capital, and individuals (including workers and those seeking to engage in professions or establish enterprises).
The unimpeded movement of products, individuals, services, and capital within a designated territory, free from legal constraints. This is a fundamental principle of the European Union, as stipulated in its treaty, which mandates the free movement of goods (entailing the removal of customs duties and quantitative restrictions among member states and the establishment of a Common External Tariff), alongside the free movement of services, capital, and individuals (including workers and those seeking to engage in professions or establish enterprises).
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Legal Terms – Freezing Injuction
An injunction allowing the court to freeze a defendant's assets, regardless of their residency within the jurisdiction of the English court, may be obtained pursuant to Part 25 of the *Civil Procedure Rules. The injunction prohibits the defendant from transferring his assets outside the court's jurisdiction, as well as from selling, managing, or devaluing his assets. The injunction is severe and so necessitates explicit justification. Any individual requesting a freezing injunction must give all pertinent information to the court. Prior to the implementation of the Civil Procedure Rules in 1999, freezing injunctions were referred to as Mareva injunctions, derived from the case Mareva Compania Naviera Se. v International Bulkcarriers SA [1980]
An injunction allowing the court to freeze a defendant's assets, regardless of their residency within the jurisdiction of the English court, may be obtained pursuant to Part 25 of the *Civil Procedure Rules. The injunction prohibits the defendant from transferring his assets outside the court's jurisdiction, as well as from selling, managing, or devaluing his assets. The injunction is severe and so necessitates explicit justification. Any individual requesting a freezing injunction must give all pertinent information to the court. Prior to the implementation of the Civil Procedure Rules in 1999, freezing injunctions were referred to as Mareva injunctions, derived from the case Mareva Compania Naviera Se. v International Bulkcarriers SA [1980]
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Legal Terms - Freight
1. The profit obtained by a shipowner or lessee from utilizing the vessel for personal use, leasing it to others, or transporting commodities on behalf of others. The sum due under a contract of affreightment for the maritime transport of goods.
1. The profit obtained by a shipowner or lessee from utilizing the vessel for personal use, leasing it to others, or transporting commodities on behalf of others. The sum due under a contract of affreightment for the maritime transport of goods.
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Legal Terms – Frolic of his own
An employee's action conducted beyond the parameters of their job, resulting in the employer being absolved of any vicarious culpability for the act in question. The word was initially utilized in Joel v Morison (1834) 6 C & P 501, 503; 172. All emergency response 1338. A recent instance of such a "frolic," pertaining to data protection, was analyzed by the Supreme Court in WM Morrison Plc v Various Claimants [2020]. United Kingdom Supreme Court 12
An employee's action conducted beyond the parameters of their job, resulting in the employer being absolved of any vicarious culpability for the act in question. The word was initially utilized in Joel v Morison (1834) 6 C & P 501, 503; 172. All emergency response 1338. A recent instance of such a "frolic," pertaining to data protection, was analyzed by the Supreme Court in WM Morrison Plc v Various Claimants [2020]. United Kingdom Supreme Court 12
