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Cestui que vie






Cestui que vie

He for whose life land is holden by another person; the latter is called tenant per auter vie, or tenant for another's life.

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Life
The aggregate of the animal functions which resist death. Bichat.

Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.

Tenant
Estates. One who holds or possesses lands or tenements by any kind of title, either in fee, for life, for years, or at will

Auter
Another.



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Cestui
He. This word is frequently used in composition as, cestui que trust, cestui que vie.

Cestui que trust
A barbarous phrase, to signify the beneficiary of an estate held in trust. He for whose benefit another person is enfeoffed or seised of land or tenements, or is possessed of personal property.

Cestui que trust or cestui que use
The formal Latin word for the beneficiary or donee of a trust.

Cestui que use
He to whose use land is granted to another person the latter is called the terre-tenant, having in himself the legal property and possession;

Cestui que via
He for whose life - land is held by another: he whose life measures the duration of an estate.



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Cestui
He. This word is frequently used in composition as, cestui que trust, cestui que vie.

Cestui que trust
A barbarous phrase, to signify the beneficiary of an estate held in trust. He for whose benefit another person is enfeoffed or seised of land or tenements, or is possessed of personal property.

Cestui que trust or cestui que use
The formal Latin word for the beneficiary or donee of a trust.

Cestui que use
He to whose use land is granted to another person the latter is called the terre-tenant, having in himself the legal property and possession;

Cestui que via
He for whose life - land is held by another: he whose life measures the duration of an estate.

Cestui que vie

Ceteris paribus
(United Kingdom) Other things being equal.

Chafewax
English law. An officer in chancery who fits the wax for sealing, to the writs, commissions and other. instruments then made to be issued out.

Chaffers
Anciently signified wares and merchandise; hence the word chaffering, which is yet used for buying and selling, or beating down the price of an article.

Chain letter schemes
Letters with names listed and claims that the recipient of the letter, by putting their name on the list, removing the top name and sending them some nominal amount, then mailing the new list to some number of friends and acquaintances, will receive a lot of riches in the mail. There is usually also a "curse" or bad luck associated with individuals who "break the chain."

Chain of custody
In evidentiary matters, the record of possession from original discovery until produced at trial. If the chain of custody is broken or unclear, the Evidence may be challenged as not the original or not in its original condition.

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