Application of the Antilapse Statutes to Appointments Made by Will

Although litigation involving powers of appointment has been relatively infrequent, the increasing use of powers over the last few decades forebodes increasing litigation in this field. Anticipating this development, several states have enacted fairly comprehensive statutes which attempt to set forth in accessible form certain aspects of the common law of powers, make certain revisions in the common law, and replace outmoded statutes on powers. One area in which both the common law and the recent statutes are inadequate is in the application of antilapse statutes to appointments made by will. This article examines the development of the common law in this area and the modern statutory treatment of the application of antilapse statutes to testamentary appointments. The problems created by both are then analyzed, possible judicial solutions are explored, and finally a statutory solution is proposed

Perpetuities: Three Essays in Honor of My Father

The Rule Against Perpetuities is afrequent source offrustration and puzzlement for property students, professors, and practitioners In this Article, the Author presents three essays; her method of analyzing perpetuities problems, a proposalf or refinement of the common law rule, and an examination of the possible benefits of dead hand control. Although the Author has followed in her father\u27s footsteps, becoming a property professor, some of her views on perpetuities diverge from his. Because scholarly discussion of perpetuities historically has taken the form of Article and Reply in various Law Reviews, Professor Robert L Fletcher\u27s response follows his daughter\u27s essays

A Study of First-Time Full-Time Freshmen\u27s Attributes and Their Associations with Fall-to-Fall Retention Rates at a Two-Year Public Community College.

The purpose of the study was to investigate the associations between first-time full-time freshmen\u27s attributes and fall-to-fall retention at Northeast State Technical Community College. The 15 attributes included age, first-generation student status, gender, high school classification, race, the student\u27s application date to the institution relative to the start of the semester, the 4 ACT test sub-scores, remedial/developmental course placement, major program of study, financial aid status, first-semester grade point average, and end-of-first-semester credit hour enrollment status. In addition to collecting the variables under study, each first-time full-time freshman\u27s entry term and enrollment status for the subsequent fall semester was ascertained. This information was used to categorize individuals into persister and non-persister classifications for the subsequent fall. The data for this longitudinal study were housed in Northeast State\u27s student records database, Student Information System. A preliminary analysis of the data was conducted to ascertain descriptive statistics. Chi Square and independent samples t tests were used to determine if there was an association between each variable and fall-to-fall retention. A multiple linear regression model was used to estimate the effect of the predictor variables upon the criterion variable, fall-to-fall retention. The results indicated that the variables of age, first-generation student status, gender, and race were not significantly related to fall-to-fall retention, while high school classification, application date, the 4 ACT sub-scores, remedial/developmental course placement, major program of study, financial aid award, first-semester grade point average, and end-of-semester credit hour enrollment status were significantly related to fall-to-fall retention. A multiple linear regression model indicated that the greatest influences upon fall-to-fall retention when researching the collective predictor variables were first-semester grade point average,the number of remedial/developmental courses required,the number of hours in which the student was formally enrolled in at the end of the first semester,an application date greater than or equal to 61 days prior to the start of the fall semester,receipt of financial aid in the form of Pell Grant funds only (negative association),associate of applied science student status (negative association), andGED graduate (negative association)

Does a high-fiber diet prevent colon cancer in at-risk patients?

There is no direct evidence of an effect of dietary fiber on colon cancer incidence. A diet high in fiber has not been shown to be effective in the short-term (2- to 4-year) prevention of recurrent colon polyps (strength of recommendation [SOR]=A, based on consistent randomized clinical trials). Furthermore, epidemiological evidence is inconsistent in demonstrating an association between dietary fiber consumption and the occurrence of colon cancer (SOR=C)

Cases and Text on Property 6th Ed.

Cases and Text on Property, Sixth Edition, preserves the character of its esteemed predecessors with: Introductory chapters that unveil the important historical perspective that infuses the book as the authors put contemporary property law in historical context; classic cases and absorbing text that match the high standard of quality established by the late Casner and Leach; problems that are seamlessly integrated with cases and notes; a broad scope of coverage that ranges from interests protected as property, to title transfers, landlord and tenant law, housing discrimination, and land-use regulation.https://digitalcommons.nyls.edu/fac_books/1039/thumbnail.jp