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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. 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 ...

  4. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    A tenant is a person or body that rents property. A tenet is a particular belief of a religion or other belief system. Standard: I am looking for a tenant for my apartment. Standard: One of the tenets of Roman Catholicism is the infallibility of the Pope. Non-standard: "... to accept certain tenants of Islam while rejecting others". [111] than ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. 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.

  7. Pass away - Wikipedia

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    Upload file; Special pages; Permanent link; ... Passed away may also refer to: Passed Away ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...

  8. Constructive eviction - Wikipedia

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    Constructive eviction is a circumstance where a tenant's use of the property is so significantly impeded by actions under the landlord's authority that the tenant has no alternative but to vacate the premises. [1] The doctrine applies when a landlord of real property has acted in a way that renders the property uninhabitable. Constructive ...

  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 ...