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Forcible entry
upon any land or tenement with a strong hand, or in a violent manner, in order to take possession. There may be a forcible entry although no actual force is used, as, for example, when threats are
Landlord and tenant
agrees expressly or by implication to allow another person, called the lessee or tenant, to enjoy the exclusive possession and use of the land for a period less than the landlord's estate in it, generally upon payment
Revendication
a general credit to the purchaser; but it allowed the vendor to reclaim the goods out of the possession of the purchaser, as being still his own property. Quod vendidi (say the Pandects), nobis aliter fit accipienlis,
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title
recognized as constituting formal or valid ownership (as by virtue of an instrument) even if not accompanied by possession or use [the trustee held legal title to the property] [retained legal title to the goods until the
Occupancy
this case, he that entered first on the land was called the occupant or common occupant and might lawfully retain the possession so long as the cestui que vie lived, by right of occupancy, see Re Michell,
Replevin
claim, the nature and merits of the defendant's case, to show that the distress taken by him was lawful, and to entitle him to a judgment de retorno habendo. The technical difference between an avowry and cognizance … Replevin, a personal action to recover possession in specie of goods unlawfully taken (generally, but not exclusively, applicable to the taking of goods distrained for
Prescription
It is known in the Roman Law as usucapio. Title by prescription arises from a long-continued and uninterrupted possession of property, and is thus defined by Sir Edward Coke (Co. Litt. 113 b), Pr'scriptio est titulus ex
Goods
to the sales tax laws, a claim to the beneficial interest in movable property not in the Vendee's possession is transferred. It is not a sale of goods for the purposes of the sales tax laws, Sunrise
Vagrants
(English) Vagrancy Act, 1935 (25 Geo. 5, c. 20), to be deemed 'rogues and vagabonds,' whom it is lawful for any justice to commit (being convicted before him) to the house of correction to hard labour for … or instrument of gaming, at any game or pretended game of chance. (10) Every person having in his possession any picklock, etc., or other implement, with intent feloniously to break into any dwelling-house, etc., or being armed
Separate estate
her with respect to and to bind her separate property whether she is or is not in fact possessed of or entitled to any separate property at the time when she enters into such contract; (b) shall
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