Constructive Possession - Law Dictionary Search Results
Pawn or Pledge
actual manual delivery, as it is sufficient if there are any of those acts or circumstances which, in construction of law, are deemed sufficient to pass the possession of property, as the key of a warehouse. As
knowledge
actual knowledge in this entry b : awareness that a fact or circumstance probably exists ; broadly : constructive knowledge in this entry see also scienter, willful blindness NOTE: Knowledge fundamentally differs from intent in being grounded … con·struc·tive knowledge : knowledge (as of a condition or fact) that one using ordinary care or diligence would possess [had constructive knowledge of the presence of narcotics on his property] per·son·al knowledge : direct knowledge of a
Actual delivery of possession
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Ownership
and enjoy property. Including the right to convey it to possess a thing, regardless of any actual or constructive control. Ownership rights are general, permanent and inheritable, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1131. Means to possess, … including right to transmit it to others. Ownership is de jure recognition of a claim to certain property. Possession is the objective realisation ownership. It is the de facto exercise of a claim to certain property and
Delivery
(CA), (2000) 3 WLR 1645 [Sale of Goods Act, 1979, s. 61(1)]. Means transfer of possession, actual or constructive, from one person to another, Halsbury's Laws of England 4(1), para 307, p. 157. Physical delivery of cloth
Seizin
the former when there is actual possession the latter when there is a right to such possession by construction of law In some of the United States seizin means merely ownership
Actual change of possession
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Innocent conveyances
stand seized; a bargain and sale; and release; so called because, since they convey the actual possession by construction of law only, they do not confer a larger estate in property than the person conveying possesses, and
Possessory action
a plaintiff, therefore, cannot maintain it, unless at the moment of the injury he was in actual, or constructive, and exclusive possession.
delivery
causa mortis at gift NOTE: A conditional delivery is usually made in order to make a transfer revocable. constructive delivery : a delivery of a representation of property (as a written instrument) or means of possession (as
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