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Terms

• Abatement
• Absent Parent
• Absentee Landlord
• Absolute Deed
• Absolute Estate
• Absolute Title
• Abstract of Title
• Access Agreement
• Access Rights
• Accumulation and Maintenance Trust
• Acknowledgement Of Service
• Ad Colligendum Bona
• Ademption
• Administration Expenses
• Administration of an Estate
• Administratrix
• Adoption Order
• Adultery
• Adverse Possession
• Advocate Depute
• Advocates’ Meeting
• Affidavit
• Affidavit of Executor
• After-Acquired Title
• Agency by Estoppel
• Agreement To Mediate
• Agricultural Holding
• Agricultural Occupancy Condition
• Agricultural Property Relief
• Air Rights
• Allodial Title
• Alternate Beneficiary
• Anchor Statement
• Ancillary Relief
• Annulment
• Antenuptial Agreement
• Anti-Lapse Statutes
• Apportionment
• Arbitration Clause
• Asset Appraisal
• Asset Transfer
• Assured Shorthold Tenancy
• Attachment Of Earnings Order
• Augmented Estate
• Automatic Renewal Clause
• Avoidance Of Disposition Order
• Back-to-Back Inheritance Tax Plan
• Bankruptcy Trustee
• Bare Trust
• Bastardy Proceedings
• Beddoe Application
• Beneficial Devise
• Beneficial Estate
• Beneficial Ownership
• Beneficiary Deed
• Beneficiary Heir
• Beneficiary Notification
• Beneficiary Statement
• Bequest
• Blue Line Plan
• Bona Notabilia
• Bona Vacantia
• Boundary Dispute
• Breach of Contract
• Breach Of Covenant
• Break Clause
• Break Notice
• Building Control Regulations
• Building Survey
• Building Warrant
• Bullock Order
• Business Asset Disposal Relief
• Business Property Relief
• Business Succession
• Buyer’s Solicitor
• Capital Allowance
• Capital Gains Tax
• Capital Redemption
• Capitalisation Rate
• Caveat Emptor
• Caveator
• Cessate Grant
• Chain of Executorship
• Charge On Property
• Charitable Beneficiary
• Charitable Trust
• Chartered Surveyor
• Chattels
• Child Arrangements Order
• Child Assessment Order
• Child Protection Register
• Civil Partnership
• Claims Against an Estate
• Clean Break
• Co-Administrator
• Co-Heiress
• Co-Heirship
• Co-ownership Agreement
• Co-Trusteeship
• Codicil
• Cohabitation Agreement
• Collaborative Law
• Collateral Descendant
• Collateral Warranty
• Commercial Lease
• Common Law Tenancy
• Community Infrastructure Levy
• Conditional Gift
• Conditional Order
• Conditional Sale
• Conditions Precedent
• Conditions Subsequent
• Confirmation of Will
• Conflict Resolution
• Constructive Dismissal
• Constructive Trust
• Consumer Protection Regulations
• Contact Order
• Contentious Probate
• Contested Probate
• Contested Will
• Contract Race
• Contractual Obligation
• Conveyancer
• Corporate Trustee
• Corporeal Hereditament
• Counter Affidavit
• Counterparty
• Covenant Running With The Land
• Cross-Lease
• Cumulative Legacy
• Customary Rights
• De Facto Adoption
• Death Beneficiary
• Death Certificate
• Decedent
• Declaration of Trust
• Deed of Adherence
• Deed of Conditions
• Deed Of Easement
• Deed of Gift
• Deed Of Grant
• Deed of Rectification
• Deed of Separation
• Deed Of Surrender
• Deed Of Trust
• Deed Of Variation
• Deed Poll
• Defect In Title
• Defective Lease
• Degree of Kinship
• Demonstrative Legacy
• Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
• Derivative Title
• Devastavit
• Development Appraisal
• Development Consent
• Dilapidation
• Direct Covenant
• Direct Inheritance
• Directed Trust
• Directors’ Guarantee
• Disbursements
• Discretionary Power of Appointment
• Discretionary Trust
• Disponee
• Dispossession
• Distress for Rent
• Divorce Laws
• Divorce Petition
• Domestic Abuse
• Domestic Abuse Protection Order
• Domestic Partner Adoption
• Domestic Violence
• Dominant Estate
• Dominant Tenement
• Donatio Mortis Causa
• Donative Intent
• Due Execution
• Durable Power of Attorney for Finances
• Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
• Dynasty Trusts
• Easement
• Easement by Prescription
• Emergency Protection Order
• Enduring Power of Attorney
• Enfranchisement Valuation
• Environmental Covenant
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Equitable Lease
• Estate Accounts
• Estate Administration
• Estate Assets
• Estate Beneficiary
• Estate Bond
• Estate Contract
• Estate Distribution
• Estate Distribution Schedule
• Estate Duty
• Estate Executor
• Estate in Fee Simple
• Estate in Land
• Estate Inheritance
• Estate Liquidation
• Estate Management Scheme
• Estate Tax Return
• Estate Trustee
• Estate Trusts
• Estate Valuation
• Estates and Trusts
• Ethical Wills
• Ex Tempore Judgment
• Exclusive Possession
• Executor de Son Tort
• Executor’s Bond
• Executor’s Deed
• Executor’s Oath
• Executors Accounts
• Executory Interest
• Executory Remainder
• Executrix
• Expert Witness
• Express Trust
• Family Arrangements
• Family Assistance Order
• Family Division of the High Court
• Family Law
• Family Limited Partnership
• Family Pot Trust
• Family Trust
• Filiation Proceedings
• Final Beneficiary
• Financial Remedy Application
• Financial Settlement
• Fixed Interest Trust
• Fixed Trust
• Flying Freehold
• Forced Heirship
• Forfeiture of Lease
• Foster Care
• Foster Parenting
• Foundation Writ
• Freehold Estate
• Freeholder
• Freezing Injunction
• General Legacy
• General Power of Attorney
• Gift Deed
• Grant ad Colligenda Bona
• Grant ad Litem
• Grant Caeterorum
• Grant de Bonis Non
• Grant Of Probate
• Grant of Representation
• Grant Pendente Lite
• Grievance Procedure
• Hadkinson Order
• Head Lease
• Heir
• Heir Hunter
• Heirdom
• Heiress
• Heirs of the Body
• Hereditaments
• Hereditary
• Holograph Will
• Homicidal Ideation
• Hostile Possession
• Hotchpot Clause
• Hybrid Trust
• Immovable Property
• Imperfect Gift
• Implied Easement
• Independent Mental Capacity Advocate
• Indirect Contact Order
• Inheritance
• Inheritance Declaration
• Inheritance Fund
• Inheritance Tax
• Inheritance Tax Form
• Inheritance Tax Payment
• Inheritors
• Iniquitous Covenant
• Insolvent Estate
• Inter Vivos Trust
• Interest in Possession Trust
• Interim Care Order
• Interim Maintenance
• Interim Occupancy Agreement
• Interim Order
• Interim Supervision Order
• Intestacy
• Intestacy Affidavit
• Intestacy Rules
• Intestate Succession
• Investment-Direction Agreement
• Irremediable or Irretrievable Breakdown
• Joint Custody
• Joint Ownership
• Joint Tenancy
• Land Registration
• Land Registry Search
• Land Transaction Tax
• Lapsed Gift
• Last Will and Testament
• Lasting Power of Attorney
• Leasee
• Leasehold Enfranchisement
• Leaseholder
• Leave to Remove
• Legacy
• Legal Separation
• Legatee
• Lessor
• Letter of Attornment
• Letters of Administration
• Letters of Intent
• Life Estate
• Life Interest Trust
• Limited Power Of Attorney
• Living Will
• Lucrative Title
• Lump Sum Order
• Marketable Title
• Maternal Property
• Matrimonial Order Application
• Mental Capacity
• Mental Health
• Mental Health Assessment
• Mental Incapacity
• Mental Status Examination
• Mirror Will
• Missing Beneficiary Indemnity Insurance
• Missing Will Insurance
• Mortgage Deed
• Moveable Property
• Multiple Dwellings Relief
• Mutual Covenant
• Mutual Wills
• Non-Charitable Purpose Trust
• Non-Contentious Probate Rules
• Non-Discretionary Trusts
• Non-Molestation Order
• Non-Occupancy Clause
• Non-Probate Estates
• Notice of Death
• Notice to Quit
• Nuncupative Will
• Oath for Executors
• Occupation Order
• Office of the Public Guardian
• Open Adoption
• Open Market Rent
• Ordinary Power Of Attorney
• Paramountcy Principle
• Paraphernal Property
• Parental Alienation
• Parental Involvement
• Parental Neglect
• Parental Responsibility
• Parental Responsibility Agreement
• Parental Responsibility Order
• Parental Rights
• Partial Intestacy
• Party Wall
• Party Wall Agreement
• Pecuniary Legacy
• Pension Attachment Order
• Pension Earmarking
• Pension Sharing Order
• Per Stirpes
• Periodical Payments Order
• Personae Designatae
• Placement Order
• Police Protection Order
• Possession Proceedings
• Posthumous Adoption
• Potentially Exempt Transfer
• Pour-Over Wills
• Power of Attorney
• Pre-emption Right
• Predatory Marriage
• Predeceased
• Premarital Agreements
• Presumption of Capacity
• Pretermitted Heir
• Principal Residence
• Privileged Will
• Probate Accountant
• Probate Administrator
• Probate Advisor
• Probate Amendment
• Probate Appeal
• Probate Application
• Probate Application Process
• Probate Assessment
• Probate Assistant
• Probate Audit
• Probate Auditor
• Probate Bond
• Probate Broker
• Probate Claim
• Probate Clearance
• Probate Clerk
• Probate Confirmation
• Probate Consultant
• Probate Consultation
• Probate Coordinator
• Probate Court
• Probate Decree
• Probate Dispute
• Probate Enforcement
• Probate Examination
• Probate Execution
• Probate Expense
• Probate Fees
• Probate Filing
• Probate Finalisation
• Probate Form
• Probate Grant
• Probate Grant Application
• Probate Hearing
• Probate Inventory
• Probate Investigator
• Probate Issuance
• Probate Judge
• Probate Lawyer
• Probate Ledger
• Probate Litigation
• Probate Mediation
• Probate Mediator
• Probate Notice
• Probate Notification
• Probate Officer
• Probate Order
• Probate Paralegal
• Probate Practitioner
• Probate Record
• Probate Registrar
• Probate Registry
• Probate Rejection
• Probate Researcher
• Probate Resolution
• Probate Review
• Probate Schedule
• Probate Settlement
• Probate Solicitor
• Probate Submission
• Probate Summons
• Probate Trust Fund
• Probate Trustee
• Prohibited Steps Order
• Promissory Note
• Property Adjustment Order
• Property Chain
• Property Control Trust
• Property Deed
• Property Inspection
• Property Tribunal
• Proprietary Interest
• Proprietary Lease
• Protected Tenancy
• Protective Trust
• Proving a Will
• Public Agent
• Quiet Enjoyment
• Quitclaim Deed
• Reconveyance
• Recovery Order
• Redemption Statement
• Registry of Deeds
• Remainder Bequest
• Remaindermen
• Remainders
• Repair Covenant
• Residence Order
• Residuary Beneficiary
• Residuary Estate
• Restrictive Covenant
• Restrictive Covenant Indemnity Insurance
• Resulting Trust
• Reversionary Interest
• Revocable Living Trust
• Revocation of Will
• Right of Survivorship
• Riparian Rights
• Royal Assent
• Sale of Property Order
• Schedule of Dilapidations
• Schedule of Estate
• Sealed Will
• Section 106 Agreement
• Section 15 Notice
• Section 20 Notice
• Section 21 Notice
• Secure Accommodation Order
• Secured Periodical Payments Order
• Self-Proved Wills
• Servient Tenement
• Settlor-Interested Trust
• Severance of Tenancy
• Shared Ownership
• Simple Trust
• Small Estates
• Special Administrator
• Special Guardianship Order
• Special Needs Trusts
• Special Power of Attorney
• Specific Gift
• Specific Issue Order
• Specific Legacy
• Split Custody
• Spousal Share
• Spurious Will
• Squatter’s Rights
• Statutory Tenant
• Statutory Will
• Statutory Will Application
• Structural Alteration
• Structural Survey
• Sublease
• Substitutional Legacy
• Substitutionary Gifts
• Subtenants
• Successor Trustee
• Suicidal Ideation
• Supplemental Needs Trust
• Talaq
• Tenancy Agreement
• Tenancy at Sufferance
• Tenancy At Will
• Tenancy in Common
• Testamentary Capacity
• Testamentary Dispute
• Testamentary Documents
• Testamentary Expenses
• Testamentary Trust
• Testator
• Testatrix
• Title Deed
• Total Intestacy
• Trust Beneficiaries
• Trust Deed
• Trust Fund
• Trust Of Imperfect Obligation
• Trustee
• Unclaimed Estates List
• Undue Influence
• Unit Trust
• Unknown Creditor Indemnity Insurance
• Unregistered Property
• Usufructuary Rights
• Vacant Building Credit
• Vacant Possession
• Vacant Possession Guarantee
• Vicarious Liability
• Visitation Rights
• Waiver of Subrogation
• Want of Knowledge and Approval
• Wardship
• Warranty Deed
• Wayleave
• Wayleave Agreement
• Wayleave Payment
• Wells Order
• Will Codicil
• Will Register
• Will Storage
• Will Trust
• Will Validation
• Zoning Ordinance