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third possessor

third possessor in the civil law of Louisiana : one who acquires mortgaged property and is not personally bound for the obligation secured by the mortgage

Sequester

owner for a time to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person to seize or take possession of as property belonging to another and hold it till the profits have

Proletary

the lowest class who served the state not with property but only by having children hence a common person

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Pooling

The act of uniting or an agreement to unite an aggregation of properties belonging to different persons with a view to common liabilities or profits … The act of uniting or an agreement to unite an aggregation of properties belonging to different persons with a view to common liabilities or profits

Mugging

A robbery a taking of property by threatening or performing violence on the person who is robbed See mug v

Hereditament

Any species of property that may be inherited lands tenements anything corporeal or incorporeal real personal or mixed that may descend to an heir

Entrance

The act of entering or going into ingress as the entrance of a person into a house or an apartment hence the act of taking possession as of property or of office

vandal

vandal [Vandal, member of a Germanic tribe who sacked Rome in A.D. 455] : a person who willfully destroys, damages, or defaces property belonging to another or to the public

Wrongful loss

Wrongful loss, Wrongful loss is the loss by unlawful means of property to which the person losing it is legally entitled. (Indian Penal Code, s. 23)

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