tenant for life
noun[C]
LAW,PROPERTYukus→life tenant
Examplesoftenant for life
tenant for life
They generally have no powers to actively deal with the land as these powers are vested in thetenantforlife.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The legislation achieved this by giving thetenantforlifestatutory powers to deal with the land which far exceeded the powers he had previously under common law.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In estate matters he found the limitations on his actions, astenantforliferather than outright owner, very irksome.
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But if thetenantforlifeis an infant, the land will be vested in the trustees of the settlement until he reaches his majority.
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The more there is for thetenantforlife, the less there will be for the remainder-man.
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He is made the only person standing between the remainder man and thetenantforlife.
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Suppose that a man is atenantforlifeand he wants to raise some money.
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If thetenantforlifewants this, why does he not do it out, of the income?
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They are purely mechanical persons who receive the capital sums on the sale of the land of atenantforlife.
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The words deal with a limited owner, such as atenantforlife.
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