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Interlocutory order

part. It is impossible to lay down principles about what is final and what is interlocutory. It is better to look at the nature of the application and not at the nature of the order eventually made. … is impossible to lay down principles about what is final and what is interlocutory. It is better to look at the nature of the application and not at the nature of the order eventually made. In general,

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Oyer de Record

Oyer de Record, a petition made in Court that the judges, for better proof's sake, will hear or look upon any record. … Oyer de Record, a petition made in Court that the judges, for better proof's sake, will hear or look upon any record.

Abstract of title

or (before 1926) the property formerly belonging to joint tenants, tenants in common, or coparceners; it is then better to arrange the documents relating to one portion under a distinct heading, so as to keep the title … trusts, if material to the title, must be carefully checked, and the covenants, particularly in leases, must be looked into, and, if equitable interests are material to the title it should be seen that all proper endorsements

Possession

it confers the rights to the thing under possession against all the world except any one with a better legal title to it (see next title) and LIMITATIONS. But there are many kinds of ownership without possession, … precise definition. Possession of a house is essentially different from possession of a gold watch. One has to look at the property possessed, Bank View Mill Ltd. v. Nelson Corp. etc. Ltd., (1942) 2 All ER 477.

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