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Estrays

special grant from the Crown. But they must be proclaimed in the church and two market towns next adjoining to the place where they are found; and then, if no person claim them, after proclamation and a

Derelict Lands

slowly that the gain be by little and little, it shall go to the owner of the lands adjoining, 2 Bl. Com. 261; Coulson and Forbes on the Law of Waters.

Near

1 (a), by which the Ministry of Health may make orders extending s. 1 to 'boroughs or districts adjoining or near to London,' used without any definition. [S. 40(1)(e), Cr.P.C.]

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Murorum operatio

Murorum operatio, the service of work and labour done by inhabitants and adjoining tenants in building or repairing the walls of a city or castle; their personal service was commuted into

Ranges Act, 1891

right of an owner, whose lands are compulsorily taken, to be compensated for the injurious affection of his adjoining lands, see Blundell v. Rex, (1905) 1 KB 516, and Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation Act), 1919,

Open field doctrine

permitting a warrantless speech of the area outside a property owner's cartilage, which includes the home and any adjoining land (such as a yard) that is within an enclosure or otherwise protected from public scrutiny, Black's Law

Outhouses

Outhouses, buildings belonging to and adjoining dwelling-houses.

Partition

the houses of least value. For an order for partition of a wall separating the gardens of two adjoining houses, see Mayfair Property Co. v. Johnson, (1894) 1 Ch 508. By the (English) Partition Act, 1868, now

Perambulatione facienda

perambulation were authorized in Scotland, by the Act 1597, c. 79, to settle the bounds of disputed properties adjoining each other.

Pre-emption, Right of

which must before sale be offered to the persons from whom they were originally taken, or to the adjoining owners; as to registration of contracts or deeds giving the right of pre-emption as estate contracts, see (English)

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