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Ginkgo Posted 19 years ago
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"as" and "lands"

0Dear Everyone,02br
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00Would you please show me another way of expressing the following red part?02br
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00"noting an estate that precedes a future or ultimate ownership, 01font00as lands02font00 devised to a widow during her lifetime and after that to her children"02br
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00The preceding phrase appears in the following dictionary.02br
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00particular [adjective] 9. Law. a.02br
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00At this point in time, I suppose that "01font00as lands02font00" might mean "such as (a) land title".02br
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00Awaiting your replies, I remain. Yours sincerely,02br
00Ginkgo.0240hrefhttp://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=particular
  

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0 I think "as" here is just a conjunction.0-
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0 "noting an estate that precedes a future or ultimate ownership, 01font00as lands02font00 devised to a widow during her lifetime and after that to her children"02br
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00This looks like a part of a longer sentence. It would be helpful to have the whole context.0-
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0Dear Huynguyen and Feebs11,02br
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00Thank you very much for your replies.02br
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00"noting 01font01b00an estate02b02font00 that precedes a future or ultimate ownership, 01b01font00as02font00 01font00lands02f
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0Dear everyone,02br
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00I may have asked the questions in improper ways. If so, I apologize.02br
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00Please allow me to change the form of my question again.02br
00Would you please show me what the following red part means?02br
00"noting an estate that precedes a future or ultimate ownership, as 01font
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1font00Hi,02font02br
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01font00As a non-lawyer, I rather think your original thought is correct: 02font00At this point in time, I suppose that "01font00as lands02font00" might mean "such as (a) land title".02br
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