PROPERTY LAW
Rapid Revision Sheet
Definitions • sections • doctrines • cases
KSLU • Transfer of Property Act 1882 • Indian Trusts Act 1882
How to use Skim the night before and the morning of the exam. Sections in brackets earn marks; doctrines and cases in maroon. |
UNIT I — GENERAL PRINCIPLES
Term / Section | In one line |
|---|---|
Transfer of property (S.5) | Act by which a living person conveys property, in present or future, to another living person (inter vivos). |
Immovable property (S.3) | Excludes standing timber, growing crops, grass; includes land & benefits arising out of land. |
Notice (S.3) | Actual or constructive (wilful abstention, gross negligence, registration, possession, notice to agent). |
What cannot be transferred (S.6) | Spes successionis (a), right of re-entry (b), easement (c), restricted interest (d), mere right to sue (e), public office/pension (f-g). |
Restraint on alienation (S.10) | Absolute restraint VOID; partial restraint valid (Rosher v. Rosher). |
Rule against perpetuity (S.14) | Vesting cannot be postponed beyond lives in being + minority (18 yrs). Exception: public benefit (S.18). |