singular successor

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• singular successor — A term borrowed from the civil law, denoting a person who succeeds to the rights of a former owner in a single article of property (as by purchase), as distinguished from a universal successor, who succeeds to all the rights and powers of a… …   Black's law dictionary

• successor */*/ — UK [səkˈsesə(r)] / US [səkˈsesər] noun [countable] Word forms successor : singular successor plural successors someone who has an important position after someone else. Someone who has the position before someone else is called their predecessor… …   English dictionary

• singular — Each; as in the expression all and singular. Also, individual. In grammar, the singular is used to express only one. In law, the singular frequently includes the plural. As to singular successor; and singular title, see those titles …   Black's law dictionary

• Singular cardinals hypothesis — In set theory, the singular cardinals hypothesis (SCH) arose from the question of whether the least cardinal number for which the generalized continuum hypothesis (GCH) might fail could be a singular cardinal.According to Mitchell (1992), the… …   Wikipedia

• title — A mark, style, or designation; a distinctive appellation; the name by which anything is known. Thus, in the law of persons, a title is an appellation of dignity or distinction, a name denoting the social rank of the person bearing it; as duke or… …   Black's law dictionary

• laudemium — /lodiymiysm/ Lat. In the civil law, a sum paid by a new emphyteuta (q.v.) who acquires the emphyteusis, not as heir, but as a singular successor, whether by gift, devise, exchange, or sale. It was a sum equal to the fiftieth part of the purchase… …   Black's law dictionary

• laudemium — /lodiymiysm/ Lat. In the civil law, a sum paid by a new emphyteuta (q.v.) who acquires the emphyteusis, not as heir, but as a singular successor, whether by gift, devise, exchange, or sale. It was a sum equal to the fiftieth part of the purchase… …   Black's law dictionary

• Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …   Universalium

• biblical literature — Introduction       four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha.       The Old… …   Universalium

• china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …   Universalium

• China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …   Universalium