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Mesne profits, action of, an action of trespass brought to recover profits derived from land, whilst the possession of it has been improperly withheld: that is, the yearly value of the premises. 'Mesne profits are the rents and profits which a trespasser has, or might have, received or made during his occupation of the premises, and which therefore he must pay over to the true owner as compensation for the tort which he has committed. A claim for rent is therefore liquidated, while a claim for mesne profits is always unliquidated' (Odgerson Pleading).The action should be brought in the name of the plaintiff, who has recovered judgment in the ejectment, and lies against any person found in possession of the premises after a recovery in ejectment.The jury are not bound by the amount of the rent, but may give extra damages. But ground-rent paid by the defendant should be deducted from the damages. A plaintiff may recover in this action the costs o the action of ejectment.As to the date fr...
Mesne profit
Mesne profit, of property means those profits which the person in wrongful possession of such property actually received or might with ordinary diligence have received therefrom, together with interest on such profits, but shall not include profits due to improvements made by the person in wrongful possession. [Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), s. 2 (12)]As defined in s. 2(12) of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 are profits which the person in wrongful possession of property actually received or might with ordinary diligence have received therefrom, together with interest on such profits, but do not include profits due to improvements made by the person in wrongful possession. The normal measure of mesne profits is the value of the user of land to the person in wrongful possession, Fateh Chand v. Balkishan Dass, AIR 1963 SC 1405 (1413): (1964) 1 SCR 515. [Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, s. 2(12)]...
mesne profits
mesne profits : profits (as from crops) earned by one in wrongful possession of property [the rightful owner sued for mesne profits] ...
Whenever even first occurs
Whenever even first occurs, imply the maximum period for which future mesne profit can be awarded, is three years from the date of the decree for possession and mesne profit, finally passed, Lucy Kochuvareed v. P. Mariappa Gounder, AIR 1979 SC 1214: (1979) 3 SCC 150....
Whichever event first occurs
Whichever event first occurs, the words 'whichever event first occurs' in sub-cl. (iii) imply that the maximum period for which future mesne profits can be awarded, is three years from the date of the decree for possession and mesne profits, finally passed', Lucy Kochuvareed v. P. Mariappa Gounder, AIR 1979 SC 1214: (1979) 3 SCC 150: (1979) 3 SCR 58. [Civil Procedure Code, 1908, O. 20, R. 12(1) (c) (iii)]...
profit
profit 1 : gain in excess of expenditures: as a : the excess of the selling price of goods over their cost b : net income from a business, investment, or capital appreciation compare earnings, loss 2 : a benefit or advantage from the use of property see also mesne profits, profit a prendre compare easement, right of way, servitude ...
Violent profits
Violent profits. Mesne profits in Scotland. 'They are so called because due on the tenant's forcible or unwarrantable detaining the possession after he ought to have removed.'-Erskine 2, 6, 54; and Bell's Scots Law Dict....
Surrender of copyholds
Surrender of copyholds. The following note affects the title to copyholds, as it existed before their abolition by the (English) Law of Property Act, 1922. Copyholds were not, as a general rule, alien-able by any of the Common Law assurances. A surrender (which is vocabulum artis) is the yielding up of a legal tenancy in a copyhold estate, either by express words or operation of law, by the tenant after admittance, or by his lawful appointed attorney, either in or out of Court, to the lord of the manor in person, his chief steward, or under-steward; or, by special custom, to the bailiff, beadle, or reeve, or to certain tenants of the manor, either as a relinquishment or resignation of such estate, or as the medium of conveying or transferring it to another. Surrenders were made in various forms-in some manors by a rod, in others by a straw, in others by a glove, or some other symbol, which is delivered by the surrenderor to the steward or other person taking the surrender in the name o...
Trespass to land
Trespass to land. For trespass by entry or user of land without right or beyond the limits of a right, no damage need be proved (see also AB INITIO and DAMAGE FEASANT). Trespass by occupation of land is a continuing damage which is actionable from day to day so long as the trespassing person or object remains on the land, but see SUPPORT, and cases cited under that title. The plaintiff must show that he was in possession at the time of the alleged trespass, not merely a right of the alleged trespass, not merely a right of possession or infringement of a licence, but having entered he is entitled to sue for trespass from the date of the accrual of the right or to 'trespass by relation,' e.g., to mesne profits. Jus tertii or the extraneous right o another who is not in possession is no defence to an action of trespass. See also Air Navigation Act, 1920, s. 9....
Ejectment
Ejectment, the 'mixed' action at Common Law to recover the possession of land (which is real), and damages and costs for the wrongful withholding of the land (which are personal).Until abolished by the (English) C.L.P. Act, 1852, s. 168, the forms of this action exhibited the most remarkable string of fictions then recognized by the Courts of Common Law. The action was commen-ced by the party claiming title delivering to the party in possession a declaration in which the plaintiff (John Doe) and the defendant (Richard Roe) were fictitious persons. The declaration stated that a lease of the premises in question for a term of years had been made by the party claiming the title (who was the real plaintiff) to John Doe, who entered upon the land by virtue of such demise, and that afterwards Richard Roe, the casual ejector, entered and ousted John Doe during the continuance of his term. Appended to this declara-tion was a notice signed by Richard Roe, addressed to the tenant in possession (...
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