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Release

a privity exists between the parties; this passes only a right in the absence of privity. (c) By extinguishment, as the lord releasing his seigniorial rights to his tenant, or a life tenant having conveyed a greater

Rent

a sale or on a conveyance (not a lease) for building purposes and to compensation rent-charges for the extinguishment of manorial incidents upon enfranchisement of copyholds. The rights conferred by ss. 121 1and 191 of the (English)

Satisfaction

with the intention, either expressed or implied, that it is to be taken either wholly or partly in extinguishment of some prior claim or demand. Of course, it is open to a donor expressly to provide that

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Tail

forfeiture for treason or felony (but such forfeiture is now abolished by the Forfeiture Act, 1870); or by extinguishment. (5) As 'estate owner,' having an inheritable freehold, he has a right to the title-deeds which equity will

Timber

some parts of the country is used in a wider sense, which is recognized by the law. Until extinguishment as provided by Part VI. of the Law of Property Act, 1922 (see COPYHOLD), the lord's right to

Way

of user for the last four or five years, it is insufficient. Unity of possession operates as an extinguishment of a right of way by prescription. See Shury v. Pigott, (1627) 3 Bulstrode 339, and EASEMENT. A

Heriot

enacts that a lord or tenant of any land liable to any heriot may require and compel the extinguishment of the right to it. Heriots were included among the manorial incidents which were saved by the (English)

Fines in copyholds

otherwise. Part II of the 13th Sched. Of that Act sets out the scale of compensa-tion payable upon extinguishment. See Scriven or Elton on Copyholds, Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Copyholds,' and COPYHOLD.

Easement

by release, by the disappearance of the dominant or servient property, by lapse of time or disuse. See EXTINGUISHMENT. See Gale on Easements; Goddard on Easements; and the title PRESCRIPTION. Easement includes a right not arising from

Deemed tenant

first respondent continued to have the right as a tenant even after the redemption of the mortgage and extinguishment of the interest of the mortgagee-in-possession, Popila Bai v. Chandas T. Bhortakke, (2005) 2 SCC 509.

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