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Continual Claim

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Continual claim, a claim made annually to land in order to prevent the claim from being barred by the Statute of Limitations (32 Hen. VIII., c. 2), abolished by 3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 27, s. 11.

A formal claim to a tract of land made by an out of possession owner who is deterred from taking possession by a menace of some type, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.

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