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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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