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Marital rights

the husband, which was founded on the rule of the Common Law (abrogated by that statute) that the property of the

theft

the property or services of another without consent NOTE: Theft commonly encompasses by statute a variety of forms of stealing formerly

condominium

and undivided or joint ownership of the remainder (as the common areas of an apartment building) [the conversion of real property

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tenant in common

tenant in common :any of the parties holding a piece of property as

Lex loci rei sit '

to real or immovable property, the general rule of the Common Law is, that the laws of the place where such

burglary

NOTE: The crime of burglary was originally defined under the common law to protect people, since there were other laws (as … other laws (as those defining larceny and trespass) that protected property. State laws have broadened the common-law crime. Entering at night

Limited owner

1925, ss. 1 and 4. See SETTLED LAND. Limited owner commonly means a person with restricted rights as opposed to full … to equitable interests after 1925 by the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, ss. 1 and 4. See SETTLED LAND. Limited

Monstrans de droit

droit (manifestation or plea of right), one of the two Common Law methods of obtaining possession or restitution from the Crown … or restitution from the Crown of either real or personal property, Bl. Com. 256. It was preferred either on the Common

statutory rule against perpetuities

vesting of a future interest in property and superseding the common-law rule against perpetuities ;esp : a uniform statute invalidating a

Classify

to arrange in sets according to some method founded on common properties or characters … arrange in sets according to some method founded on common properties or characters

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