13 events with tag "trust"
1380
ID: 2168
Use (trust) device becomes common in England - separating legal and beneficial ownership to avoid feudal incidents and control inheritance
ID: 2168
1391
ID: 2169
Statute of Mortmain extended to uses - attempt to prevent evasion of mortmain through trust device, showing crown recognition of trust mechanism
ID: 2169
1403
ID: 2171
Statute of Henry IV recognizes cestui que use - beneficiary of trust can transfer beneficial interest, legitimizing trust mechanism
ID: 2171
1420
ID: 2174
Chancellor enforces uses (trusts) in conscience - creating body of trust law outside common law courts
ID: 2174
1450
ID: 2175
Feoffment to uses widespread - majority of English land held in trust to avoid feudal obligations and control inheritance
ID: 2175
1531
ID: 2187
Statute of Uses preparation begins - Henry VIII seeks to reclaim feudal revenues lost to trust device
ID: 2187
1535
ID: 2188
Statute of Uses enacted - attempts to execute uses and restore feudal incidents, but creates unintended consequences leading to modern trust
ID: 2188
1680
ID: 2228
Duke of Norfolk's Case - Rule against Perpetuities emerging, limiting dead hand control of property
ID: 2228
1682
ID: 2229
Lord Nottingham decides Cook v. Fountain - establishing modern trust principles distinguishing legal and equitable ownership
ID: 2229
1732
ID: 2252
Georgia charter - trusteeship model for colony, charitable corporation for debtors and poor
ID: 2252
1737
ID: 2255
Lord Hardwicke develops doctrine of part performance - oral trusts of land enforceable if relied upon
ID: 2255
1747
ID: 2259
Lord Hardwicke's decision in Burgess v. Wheate - trustee holds legal title but no beneficial interest, modern trust structure
ID: 2259
1759
ID: 2317
Grace v. Smith - Lord Mansfield rules partnership property held in trust for partnership purposes, not individual partners
ID: 2317