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  2. Copyhold - Wikipedia

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    Two main kinds of copyhold tenure developed: Copyhold of inheritance: with one main tenant landholder who paid rent and undertook duties to the lord. When he died, the holding normally passed to his next heir(s) – who might be the eldest son or, if no son existed, the eldest daughter (primogeniture); the youngest son or, if no son existed, the youngest daughter ("Borough English" or ...

  3. Heir property - Wikipedia

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    Heirs Property occurs when a deceased person's heirs or will beneficiaries become owners of property (also known as real property) as tenants in common. [3] When a property is probated, a deceased person either has a will and the property is passed on to the named beneficiary, or a deceased person dies intestate, without a will, and the property could be split among multiple heirs who become ...

  4. List of English-language expressions related to death

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    One's hour has come [1] About to die Literary: One's number is up [1] One is going to die Slang: Oofed To die Humorous Popularized from the video game Roblox; likely invented to circumvent in-game chat filters. When referring to suicide, one may "oof themselves". Pass away [1] To die Euphemism; polite Also 'to pass on' Pass in one's alley [2 ...

  5. Life estate - Wikipedia

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    The ownership of a life estate is of limited duration because it ends at the death of a person. Its owner is the life tenant (typically also the 'measuring life') and it carries with it right to enjoy certain benefits of ownership of the property, chiefly income derived from rent or other uses of the property and the right of occupation, during his or her possession.

  6. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    past and passed. Past refers to events that have previously occurred, while passed is the past tense of "to pass", whether in a congressional action or a physical occurrence. [64] Standard: Congress passed the bill limiting the powers of the President. Standard: History is mainly concerned with the events of the past.

  7. Corpus Christi Carol - Wikipedia

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    The falcon has borne my mate away. And in that hall there was a bed: It was hanged with gold so red; Lully, lullay, lully, lullay! The falcon has borne my mate away. And in that bed there lies a knight, His wounds bleeding day and night; Lully, lullay, lully, lullay! The falcon has borne my mate away. By that bed's side there kneels a maid,

  8. Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 - Wikipedia

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    The reason for the introduction of the Act was not as might be assumed to help the existing private residential landlords who were in 1985 obliged by law to have regulated tenancies; their regulated tenancies gave all tenants a tenancy for life that they could pass onto other occupants in the home when they died, rents were set typically 50% of market value, they could not be re-mortgaged ...

  9. American rule (property) - Wikipedia

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    The nomenclature of the American rule runs contrary to the general tendency in property law, where American law evolved out of and in many instances diverged from English property law: the American rule is the original default rule, and the English rule, having been passed subsequently in England, began to be adopted by an increasing number of ...