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Ad jura regis

a writ which was brought by the king's clerk, presented to a living, against those who endeavoured to eject him, to the prejudice of the king's title, Reg. Brev., 61.

Breve de recto

Breve de recto, a writ of right or license for a person ejected out of an estate, to sue for the possession of it.

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tithe. See Vivian v. Moat, (1878) 16 Ch D 730, in which Fry, J., held landlords entitled to eject tenants without notice to quit on a letter disputing the right of the landlords to raise the rent

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Dispossessed

the word 'dispossessed' in the second proviso means to be out of possession, removed from the premises, ousted, ejected or excluded. Even where a person has a right to possession but taking the law into his hands

Dispossession

provides for it. 'Dispossess' according to Black's Law Dictionary means: 'To oust from land by legal process; to eject, to exclude from realty.' The dispossession should have been, therefore, either by legal process or by physical act

Ejectone firm'

Ejectone firm', a writ which lay to eject a tenant from his holding. See next title.

Holding over

A tenant wrongfully holding over premises of which the value does not exceed 100l. a year may be ejected by proceedings in the county Court, under the County Courts Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c.

Presbyterians

worship was established in England during the Commonwealth, and when the Presbyterian ministers who filled the churches were ejected by the Act of Uniformity in 1662 they spread over the country and founded Presbyterian churches in almost

Lurking house-trespass

house-trespass having taken precautions to conceal such house-trespass from some person who has a right to exclude or eject the trespasser from the building, tent or vessel which is the subject of the trespass, is said to

Oswald's law

Oswald's law, the law by which was effected the ejection of married priests, and the introduction of monks into churches, by Oswald, Bishop of Worcester, about A.D. 964.

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