Category: Nigeria


  • Section 3 Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 Section 3 of the Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 is about Legal estates and equitable interests. It provides as follows: (1) The only estates inland which are capable of subsisting or of being conveyedor created at…

  • Section 2 Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 Section 2 of the Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 is about Interpretation. It provides as follows: (1) In this Law—“building purposes” include the erecting and improving of, and the adding to, andthe repairing of buildings; and…

  • Section 1 Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 Section 1 of the Property and Conveyancing Law of the Western Region of Nigeria 1959 is about Short title and application. It provides as follows: (1) This Law may be cited as the Property and Conveyancing Law. (2) This Law shall apply…

  • Section 12 Conveyancing Act 1882 Section 12 of the Conveyancing Act 1882 is about Re-conveyance on mortgage. It provides as follows: The right of the mortgagor, under section fifteen of the Conveyancing Act of 1881, to require a mortgagee, instead of re-conveying, to assign the mortgage debt and convey the mortgaged property to a third…

  • Section 11 Conveyancing Act 1882 Section 11 of the Conveyancing Act 1882 is about Amendment of enactment respecting long terms. It provides as follows: Section sixty-five of the Conveyancing Act of 1881 shall apply to and include, and shall be deemed to have always applied to and included, every such term as in that section…

  • Section 10 Conveyancing Act 1882 Section 10 of the Conveyancing Act 1882 is about Restriction on executory limitations. It provides as follows: (1.) Where there is a person entitled to land for an estate in fee, or for a term of years absolute or determinable on life, or for term of life, with an executory…

  • Section 9 Conveyancing Act 1882 Section 9 of the Conveyancing Act 1882 is about Effect of power of attorney, for value or not, made irrevocable for fixed time. It provides as follows: (1.) If a power of attorney, whether given for valuable consideration or not, is in the instrument creating the power expressed to be…

  • Section 8 Conveyancing Act 1882 Section 8 of the Conveyancing Act 1882 is about Effect of power of attorney, for value, made absolutely irrevocable. It provides as follows: (1.) If a power of attorney, given for valuable consideration, is in the instrument creating the power expressed to be irrevocable, then, in favour of a purchaser,—…

  • Section 7 Conveyancing Act 1882 Section 7 of the Conveyancing Act 1882 is about Acknowledgment of deeds by married women. It provides as follows: (1.) In section seventy-nine of the Fines and Recoveries Act, 1833, and section seventy of the Fines and Recoveries (Ireland) Act, 1834, there shall, by virtue of this Act, be substituted…

  • Section 6 Conveyancing Act 1882 Section 6 of the Conveyancing Act 1882 is about Disclaimer of power by trustees. It provides as follows: (1.) A person to whom any power, whether coupled with an interest or not, is given, may, by deed, disclaim the power; and, after disclaimer, shall not be capable of exercising or…