Wadset
WADSET
In Scotland, the ancient term for a mortgage. A right by which lands or other property are pledged by their owner to a creditor in security for a debt, usually in the form of a mutual contract, in which one party sells the land and the other grants the right of reversion.
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Easement , A right of use over the property of another. Traditionally the permitted kinds of uses were limited, the most important being rights of way and right… Covenant , An agreement, contract, or written promise between two individuals that frequently constitutes a pledge to do or refrain from doing something.
The in… Lien , LIEN
LIEN (Heb. שִׁעְבּוּד נְכָסִים, Shibud Nekhasim).
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Jewish law enables the creditor to exercise a lien over all the debtor's property,… Right Of Way , right of way (also right-of-way) • n. 1. the legal right, established by usage or grant, to pass along a specific route through grounds or property b… Homestead , The dwelling house and its adjoining land where a family resides. Technically, and pursuant to the modern homestead exemption laws, an artificial est… Terrier , terrier1 register of landed property. XV. — OF. terrier, sb. use of adj. :- medL. terrārius, f. L. terra land.
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