Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
In law, conveyancing is the transfer of legal title of real property from one person to another, or the granting of an encumbrance such as a mortgage or a lien. [1] A typical conveyancing transaction has two major phases: the exchange of contracts (when equitable interests are created) and completion (also called settlement, when legal title passes and equitable rights merge with the legal title).
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more
In English common law, fee tail or entail is a form of trust, established by deed or settlement, that restricts the sale or inheritance of an estate in real property and prevents that property from being sold, devised by will, or otherwise alienated by the tenant-in-possession, and instead causes it to pass automatically, by operation of law, to an heir determined by the settlement deed.
Licensed conveyancers must also comply with all requirements pursuant to under the Conveyancers Act 2006 (Victoria). In New South Wales (NSW), a conveyancer must hold a license issued by the NSW Fair Trading body. They are regulated by the Conveyancers Licensing Act 2003 [4] and the Conveyancers Licensing Regulation 2015. [5]
Law of Property Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom and the British Virgin Islands relating to property law. The Bill for an Act with this short title may have been known as a Law of Property Bill during its passage through Parliament .
File:Conveyancing (Scotland) Acts (1874 and 1879) Amendment Act 1887 (UKPGA Vict-50-51-69).pdf
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more
Services offered by conveyancers vary from Residential Conveyancing, Probate and Wills. Strong regulation is imposed to curb unfair practices which include among others false representation, exaction for hidden charges and double dealing. In Kenya, a conveyancer can only be an admitted advocate holding a valid current practising certificate.