Talk:Use (law)

The point of setting up a trust

The stable version of this article contained the sentence The use could avoid these difficulties by allowing the tenant to convey his land to a friend, on the understanding that the friend would permit the grantor, and after his death, the grantor's designated persons (beneficiaries or "cestuis que use") to have the full benefit and enjoyment of the land.

An editor changed this so that after the word "would" the sentence continued permit, after the grantor's death, the grantor's etc.

This is wrong. It means that the grantor's family would have to move out and buy another house, but where would they get the money to do that, seeing that they had transferred the ownership of the old one to the feoffee? They would become destitute. Nobody would set up a use on that basis. The whole point of the arrangement was to circumvent the legal requirement to pass the property to the eldest son on death. Nothing else changed.

An editor corrected the sentence and was reverted by someone else. If there are no objections I'll restore the correct version. 176.250.248.180 (talk) 09:02, 8 October 2015 (UTC)

There's nothing to change. The current version says The use could avoid these difficulties by allowing the tenant to convey his land to a friend, on the understanding that the friend would permit the grantor, and, after the grantor's death, the grantor's designated persons (beneficiaries or cestuis que use) to have the full benefit and enjoyment of the land. Now, if you can provide a clearer source for this information, that would be helpful. clpo13_(talk) 09:07, 8 October 2015 (UTC)