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  2. Vested interest (communication theory) - Wikipedia

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    Vested interest (Crano, 1983; [1] Crano & Prislin, 1995; [2] Sivacek & Crano, 1982 [3]) is a communication theory that seeks to explain how an attitude of self-interest can affect behavior; or, in more technical terms, to question how certain hedonically relevant (Miller & Averbeck, 2013) [4] attitudinal dimensions can influence and consistently predict behavior based on the degree of ...

  3. Doctrine of worthier title - Wikipedia

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    t. e. In the common law of England, the doctrine of worthier title was a legal doctrine that preferred taking title to real estate by descent over taking title by devise or by purchase. It essentially provides that a remainder cannot be created in the grantor's heirs, at least not by those words. The rule provided that where a testator ...

  4. Vesting - Wikipedia

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    Vesting. In law, vesting is the point in time when the rights and interests arising from legal ownership of a property are acquired by some person. Vesting creates an immediately secured right of present or future deployment. One has a vested right to an asset that cannot be taken away by any third party, even though one may not yet possess the ...

  5. Fee simple - Wikipedia

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    In English law, a fee simple or fee simple absolute is an estate in land, a form of freehold ownership. A "fee" is a vested, inheritable, present possessory interest in land. A "fee simple" is real property held without limit of time (i.e., permanently) under common law, whereas the highest possible form of ownership is a "fee simple absolute ...

  6. The Free Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    The Free Library has a separate homepage. It is a free reference website that offers full-text versions of classic literary works by hundreds of authors. It is also a news aggregator, offering articles from a large collection of periodicals containing over four million articles dating back to 1984. Newly published articles are added to the site ...

  7. Roger's Profanisaurus - Wikipedia

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    978-1-907232-90-9. Roger's Profanisaurus is a humorous book (and for a short period commencing 2011; mobile app ), published in the United Kingdom by Dennis Publishing which is written in the style of a lexicon of profane words and expressions. The book is marketed as "the foulest-mouthed book ever to stalk the face of the earth".

  8. Rule against perpetuities - Wikipedia

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    e. The rule against perpetuities is a legal rule in common law that prevents people from using legal instruments (usually a deed or a will) to exert control over the ownership of private property for a time long beyond the lives of people living at the time the instrument was written. Specifically, the rule forbids a person from creating future ...

  9. Vested interest - Wikipedia

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    Vested interest or Vested interests may refer to: Look up vested interest in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vested interest (communication theory) , a communication theory that seeks to explain how influences affect behavior