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predecessor in interest

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privity

matter ;also : the condition or relationship of having such an interest [a party in ] see also predecessor in interest NOTE: A claim may be barred by res judicata or collateral estoppel if the plaintiff's interests are identical,

Land holder

in land means a person to whom rent is payable, and by legal fiction it shall include his predecessor-in-interest as also successor-in-interest to whom the rent was or is payable. It is such definition that will have

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Apportionment

or other periodical payment falls due, he takes, at Common Law, the whole, and the executors of his predecessor take nothing (Clun's Case, 1Rep. 127). This was remedied by 11 Geo. 2, c. 19, s. 25, which … Apportionment in respect of Time.--At Common Law there is no apportionment in respect of time. when a successor in interest succeeds just before a rent or other periodical payment falls due, he takes, at Common Law, the whole,

testimony

testimony is admissible as an exception to the hearsay rule when the declarant is unavailable and if a predecessor in interest in a civil proceeding or the party against whom the testimony is offered had an opportunity and similar

Succession

distribution, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1445. The word 'succession' in relation to property and rights and interests in property generally implies 'passing of an interest from one person to another', Sambuda Musthi Mudaliar v. State … ancestors. See CANONS OF INHERITANCE; DISTRIBUTION. 1. The act or right of legally or officially taking over a predecessor's office, rank, or duties 2. The acquisition of rights or property by inheritance under the law of descent

Abstract of title

affected by legislation under these heads except so far as conveyances after 1925 to the vendor or his predecessors under special powers form part of the chain of title.As to fradulent concealment, see s. 183 of the … a mortgagee or purchaser of real property, summarising the history of a piece of land including all conveyances interests, lines & encumbrances that reflect title to property, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., an epitome of the evidence

Magna Carta

to compel John, if necessary, to confirm those liberties which had been confirmed by the charters of his predecessors, and his own solemn but disregarded oath. As the first step the barons disclaimed all allegiance to him, … an ancestor, and before his heir-at-law had entered into their occupancy. This chapter of the Great Charter is interesting as showing that our circuits and the practice of reserving points of law arising on circuit, for the

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