Casu proviso

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Casu proviso was a writ of entry, given by the Statute of Gloucester, in cases where a tenant in dowry transfers property to another in fee, or for term of life, or in tail. The writ lies for him in reversion against the transfer.

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Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). "Casu proviso". Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1st ed.). James and John Knapton, et al.