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Intrusion, the entry of a stranger after a particular estate of freehold is determined before him in reversion or remainder. Where a tenant for life dies seized of certain lands or tenements, and a stranger enter thereon after such death of the tenant, and before any entry of him in remainder or reversion, such stranger is called an intruder. Intrusion was one of the five modes, the others being disseisin, abatement discontinuance and deforcement, which constituted adverse possession, from which time was computed under the old Limitation Acts.The writ of entry on intrusion is abolished by the (English) Real Property Limitation Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 27)....
intrusive
intrusive : characterized by intrusion in·tru·sive·ly adv in·tru·sive·ness n ...
intrusion
intrusion 1 a : the entry at common law of a stranger after a particular estate of freehold is determined before the person who holds it in remainder or reversion has taken possession b : the act of wrongfully entering upon, seizing, or taking possession of the property of another 2 : a trespassing on or encroachment upon something (as a right) [the Fourth Amendment demands that the showing of justification match the degree of "Berger v. New York, 388 U.S. 41 (1968)"] ...
Intrusive
Apt to intrude characterized by intrusion entering without right or welcome...
Intrusion, information of
Intrusion, information of. See INFORMATION....
right of privacy
right of privacy :the right of a person to be free from intrusion into or publicity concerning matters of a personal nature called also right to privacy compare invasion of privacy NOTE: Although not explicitly mentioned in the U.S. Constitution, a penumbral right of privacy has been held to be encompassed in the Bill of Rights, providing protection from unwarranted governmental intrusion into areas such as marriage and contraception. A person's right of privacy may be overcome by a showing that it is outweighed by a compelling state interest. ...
warrant
warrant [Anglo-French warant garant protector, guarantor, authority, authorization, of Germanic origin] 1 : warranty [an implied of fitness] 2 : a commission or document giving authority to do something: as a : an order from one person (as an official) to another to pay public funds to a designated person b : a writ issued esp. by a judicial official (as a magistrate) authorizing an officer (as a sheriff) to perform a specified act required for the administration of justice [a of arrest] [by of commitment] administrative warrant : a warrant (as for an administrative search) issued by a judge upon application of an administrative agency anticipatory search warrant : a search warrant that is issued on the basis of an affidavit showing probable cause that there will be certain evidence at a specific location at a future time called also anticipatory warrant arrest warrant : a warrant issued to a law enforcement officer ordering the officer to arrest and bring the person named i...
Deforcement
Deforcement, the holding of lands or tenements to which another person has a right; so that this includes as well an abatement, an intrusion, or a disseisin, as any other species of wrong by which he that has a right to a freehold is kept out of possession. It is such a detainer of the freehold from him having the right of property, but not the possession under that right, as falls within none of the injuries of abatement, intrusion, disseisin, or discontinuance, 3 Steph. Com....
Disseisin
Disseisin [fr. dissaisin, Fr.], a wrongful putting out of him that is seised of the freehold, not, as in abatement or intrusion, a wrongful entry, where the possession was vacant; but an attack on him who is in actual possession, and turning him out; it is an ouster from a freehold in deed, as abatement and intrusion are ousters in law, 3 Steph. Com. A title by disseisin is a good title against all but the rightful owner. Consult Williams on Seisin...
cause
cause 1 : something that brings about an effect or result [the negligent act which was the of the plaintiff's injury] NOTE: The cause of an injury must be proven in both tort and criminal cases. actual cause : cause in fact in this entry but-for cause : cause in fact in this entry cause in fact : a cause without which the result would not have occurred called also actual cause but-for cause concurrent cause : a cause that joins simultaneously with another cause to produce a result called also concurring cause compare intervening cause and superseding cause in this entry di·rect cause : proximate cause in this entry ef·fi·cient in·ter·ven·ing cause : superseding cause in this entry intervening cause 1 : an independent cause that follows another cause in time in producing the result but does not interrupt the chain of causation if foreseeable called also supervening cause compare concurrent cause and superseding cause in this entry 2 : super...
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