Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Fee simple conditional
An estate restricted to some specified heirs, exclusive of others (e.g., "to Albert and his female heirs"). ( The fee simple conditional is obsolete except in Iowa, Oregon, and South Carolina. - Also termed general fee conditional. "The reader should be careful not to confuse this estate with estates having similar labels, such as the 'estate in fee simple subject to a condition subsequent' ...." Thomas F. Bergin & Paul G. Haskell, Preface to Estates in Land and Future Interests 29 n.19 (2d ed. 1984).
Feodum simplex quia feodum idem est quod haereditas, et simplex idem est quod legituum vel purum; et sic feodum simplex idem est quod haereditas legitima vel haereditas pura
"Fee simple" is so called because fee is the same as inheritance and simple is the same as lawful or pure; and thus fee simple is the same as a lawful inheritance of ;i pure inheritance.
Simple assault
1. Assault (1). "(1) simple assault. A person is guilty of assault (a) attempts to cause or purposely, knowingly or recklessly causes bodily injury to another; or (b) negligently causes bodily injury to another with a deadly weapon; or (c) attempts by physical menace to put another in fear of imminent serious bodily injury." model penal code § 211.1 (1997).
Simple battery
a criminal battery not accompanied by aggravating circumstances and not resulting in serious bodily harm.2. Torts. An intentional and offensive touching of another without lawful justification. - also termed tortious battery. - batter, ub. Cf. Assault. Battle of the forms the conflict between the terms of standard forms exchanged between a buyer and a seller during contract negotiations. ( ucc § 2-207 attempts to resolve battles of the forms by abandoning the common-law requirement of mirror-image acceptance and providing the rules of offer and acceptance are difficult to apply in certain circumstances known as the 'battle of the forms' where parties want to enter into a contract, but jockey for position in an attempt to use the rules of law so as to ensure that the contr
Simplex commendatio non obligat
A simple recommendation does not bind.
Simplex et pura donatio dici poterit ubi nulla est adjecta conditio nec modus
A gift is said to be pure and simple when no condition or qualification has been annexed.
debt by simple contract
See simple-contract debt.
defeasible fee simple
See fee simple defeasible under FEE SIMPLE.
estate in fee simple
See FEE SIMPLE.
fee simple
See FEE SIMPLE.
fee simple absolute
An estate of indefinite or potentially infinite duration (e.g., "to Al-
fee simple defeasible
An estate that ends either because there are no more heirs of the person to whom it is granted or because a special limitation, condition subsequent, or executory limitation takes effect before the line of heirs runs out. - Also termed qualified fee.
fee simple determinable
An estate that will automatically end and revert to the grantor if some specified event occurs (e.g., "to Albert and his heirs while the property is used for charitable purposes"). ( The future interest retained by the grantor is called a possibility of reuerter. - Also termed determinable fee; qualified fee; fee simple subject to common-law limitation; fee simple subject to special limitation; fee simple subject to special interest; base fee; estate on limitation.
fee simple subject to a condition subsequent
An estate subject to the grantor's power to end the estate if some specified event happens (e.g., "to Albert and his heirs, upon condition that no alcohol is sold on the premises"). ( The future interest retained by the grantor is called a power of termination (or a right of entry). - Also termed fee simple on a condition subsequent; fee simple subject to a power of termination; fee simple upon condition.
fee simple subject to a power of termination
See fee simple subject to a condition subsequent.
fee simple subject to an executory limitation
A fee simple defeasible that is subject to divestment in favor of someone other than the grantor if a specified event happens (e.g., "to Albert and his heirs, but if the property is ever used as a parking lot, then to Bob"). -Also termed fee simple subject to an executory interest.
fee simple subject to common-law limitation
See fee simple determinable.
fee simple subject to special interest
See fee simple determinable.
fee simple subject to special limitation
See fee simple determinable.
fee simple upon condition
See fee simple subject to a condition subsequent.
feodum simplex
A fee simple:
homagium simplex
n. [Law Latin "simple homage"] Hist. A type of homage that acknowledges tenure, while reserving the rights of other lords.
simple
adj. 1. (Of a crime) not accompanied by aggravating circumstances. Cf. AGGRAVATED. 2. (Of an estate or fee) inheritable by the owner's heirs with no conditions concerning tail. 3. (Of a contract) not made under seal.
simple agreement
an agreement in which the law requires nothing for its effective operation beyond some manifestation that the parties have consented.
simple assault
See ASSAULT.
simple average
See particular average under AVERAGE.
simple battery
See BATTERY.
simple bond
See BOND (2).
simple bond.
1. A bond without a penalty. 2. A bond payable to a named obligee on demand or on a certain date.
simple contract
See parol contract (2).
simple interest
Interest paid on the principal only and not on accumulated interest. (Interest accrues only on the principal balance regardless of how often interest is paid. -Also termed straight-line interest. Cf. compound interest.
simple kidnapping
Kidnapping not accompanied by an aggravating factor.
simple larceny
See LARCENY,
simple listing
See open listing under LISTING (1).
simple majority
A majority of those who actually vote in a particular election.
simple mortgage clause
See open mortgage clause under MORTGAGE CLAUSE. simple negligence See NEGLIGENCE (1).
simple negligence.
See inadvertent negligence.
simple obligation
See OBLIGATION.
simple obligation.
An obligation that does not depend on an outside event; an unconditional obligation.
simple resolution
A resolution passed by one house only. ( It expresses the opinion or affects the internal affairs of the passing house, but it does not have the force of law. 2. Formal action by a corporate board of directors or other corporate body authorizing a particular act, transaction, or appointment.
simple robbery
See ROBBERY.
simple state
See unitary state.
simple trust
1. A trust that must distribute all income as it accrues. 2. See passive trust. special trust See active trust.
simple-contract debt
A debt that is either oral or written but is not of record and not under seal. - Also termed debt by simple contract.
simple-tool rule
The principle that an employer has no duty to warn its employees of dangers that are obvious to everyone involved, and has no duty to inspect a tool that is within the exclusive control of an employee when that employee is fully acquainted with the tool's condition.
simplex
adj. [Latin] Simple; pure; unconditional.
simplex dictum
See DICTUM.
simplex passagium
[Law Latin] Hist. Simple passage (to the holy land alone). ( This type of pilgrimage served as an excuse for absence from court during the Crusades. - Also termed simplex peregrinatio. Cf. IN GENERALI PASSAGIO.
vis simplex
, n. [Latin "simple force"] Hist. Mere force; sheer force.