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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
Will, Estate at
Will, Estate at. This estate entitled the grantee or lessee to the possession of land during the pleasure of both the grantor and himself, yet it creates no sure or durable
Vested remainder
remainder, an expectant estate, which is limited or transmitted to a person who is capable of receiving the possession, should the particular estate happen to determine: as a limitation to A. for life, remainder to B. and
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Tenants' Compensation Act, 1890
the mortgagor, which is not binding on the mortgagee, the occupier shall, as against the mortgagee who takes possession, be entitled to such compensation for crops, improvements, or other matters whatever, under the custom of the country,
Tenancy
Tenancy [fr. tenentia, law Lat.], the condition of a tenant; the temporary possession of what belongs to another by his consent. 1. The possession or occupancy of land by right or
Surrender
than three years' term must be by deed. As to surrenders of leases by mortgagors or mortgagees, in possession, see s. 100, (English) L.P. Act, 1925. But there may be an implied surrender or, as it is
Rent
as of a two fold nature--first, as some-thing issuing out of the land, as a compensation for the possession during the term; and secondly, as an acknowledgment made by the tenant to the lord of his fealty
Remitter
Remitter. Where he who has the right of entry in lands, but is out of possession, obtains afterwards the possession of the lands by some subsequent, and, of course, defective title, he is remitted
Relating to
their sweep any suit in which the grievance is made that the defendant is threatening to illegally recover possession from the plaintiff-licensee. Suits for protecting such possession of immovable property against the alleged illegal attempts on the
Induction
Induction [fr. inductio, Lat., a leading into], the giving a parson possession of his church. A clerk is not complete incumbent until induction, which is performed by a mandate from
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