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Reclaimed animals
Reclaimed animals, those that are made tame by art, industry, or education, whereby a qualified pro-perty may be acquired in them. See FER' NA-TUR', and 2 Steph. Com.
Qualified property
Qualified property, an ownership of a special and limited kind. It may arise either from the peculiar circumstances of the subject-matter, which render it incapable of being under the absolute dominion of any proprietor, as in...
Privilegium, property propter
Privilegium, property propter, a qualified property in animals fer' natur', i.e., a privilege of hunting, taking, and killing them, in exclusion of others, 2 Bl. Com. 394; 2 Steph. Com.
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Preferred
Preferred, 'preferred' is a word of dual import; its semantics depend on the scheme and the context; its import must help, not hamper, the object of the enactment even if liberty win language may be necessary....
Possession
Possession, correctly understood, means effective physical control or occupation. The word 'possession' is sometimes used inaccurately as synonymous with the right to possess, Gurucharan Singh v. Kamla Singh, (1976) 2 SCC 152. Possession, does not imply...
Poor laws
Poor laws. By the (English) Poor Relief Act, 1601, (43 Eliz. c. 2), frequently called 'The Act of Elizabeth,' overseers of the poor were annually appointed in every parish; the churchwardens of every parish being also...
Distress
Distress [fr. distringo, Lat., to bind fast; districtio, Med. Lat., whence distraindre, Fr.], a taking, without legal process, of a personal chattel from the possession of a wrong-doer into the hands of a party grieved, as...
Officious intermeddler
Officious intermeddler, means a person who con-fers a benefit on another without being requested or having a legal duty to do so, and who therefore has no legal grounds to demand restitution for the benefit conferred,...
Mixed subjects of property
Mixed subjects of property, such as fall within the definition of things real, but which are attended nevertheless with some of the legal qualities of things personal, as emblements, fixtures, and shares in public undertakings connected...
Ireland
Ireland was a distinct kingdom until 1801, when the Union with Ireland Act, 1800 (39 & 40 Geo. 3, c. 67) (see Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Union Acts'), formed the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.'...
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