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ESTATE PLANNING

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Planning how a person will manage elder years and also distribution of assets upon death. Estate planning usually includes issues such as a will, living trust, healthcare directives, durable power of attorney for finances and healthcare and others items. … [Read more...]

ESTOPPEL

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(A) pleading. An estoppel is a preclusion, in law, which prevents a man from alleging or denying a fact, in consequence of his own previous act, allegation or denial of a contrary tenor. Stepb. Pl. 239. Lord Coke says, an estoppel is, when a man is concluded by his own act or acceptance, to say the truth. Blackstone defines an estoppel to be a special plea in bar, which happens … [Read more...]

ESTATE PUR AUTRE VIE

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Estate for another's life. An estate in lands which a man holds for the life of another person. 2 Bl. Comm. 120; Litt. s 56. … [Read more...]

ESTOPPEL BY DEED

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See estoppel. A legal principle preventing a person from asserting a position against that which they asserted as truth within a deed. Typically this refers to positions that reflect the owner of property. … [Read more...]

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