Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
Shelley's Case, Rule in — When the ancestor, by any gift or conveyance, taketh an estate of freehold, and in the same gift or conveyance an estate is limited, either mediately or immediately, to his heirs in fee or in tail, the heirs are words of limitation of the estate … Black's law dictionary
rule in Shelley's Case — rule in Shel·ley s case / she lēz / often cap R [from Wolfe v. Shelley, a 1581 English case invoking the rule]: a former common law rule that converted a life estate of an ancestor into an estate in fee and destroyed the remainder to the heirs… … Law dictionary
rule in Shelley's Case — See Shelley s Case, Rule in … Black's law dictionary
Rule in Shelley's Case — The Rule in Shelley s Case is a rule of law that may apply to certain future interests in real property and trusts created in common law jurisdictions. [Moynihan, Cornelius, Introduction to the Law of Real Property , 3d Edition, West Group (St.… … Wikipedia
Rule in Shelley's Case — When the ancestor, by any gift or conveyance, taketh an estate of freehold, and in the same gift or conveyance an estate is limited, either mediately or immediately, to his heirs in fee or in tail, the heirs are words of limitation of the estate … Black's law dictionary
rule in Shelley's Case — In the classic statement of the rule as made in the case from which it derived its name: when the ancestor by any gift or conveyance takes an estate of freehold, and in the same gift or conveyance an estate is limited, either mediately or… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Shelley's Case — See Rule in Shelley s Case … Ballentine's law dictionary
rule of law — A legal principle, of general application, sanctioned by the recognition of authorities, and usually expressed in the form of a maxim or logical proposition. Called a rule, because in doubtful or unforeseen cases it is a guide or norm for their… … Black's law dictionary
rule — 1 n 1 a: a prescribed guide for conduct or action b: a regulating principle or precept 2 a: an order or directive issued by a court in a particular proceeding esp. upon petition of a party to the proceeding that commands an officer or party to… … Law dictionary
Shelley — Peopleurname* Alex Shelley, stage name of professional wrestler Patrick Martin * George Ernest Shelley, an ornithologist * Howard Shelley, a British pianist * John Shelley, U.S. politician * Mary Shelley, English novelist famous for writing… … Wikipedia
