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Home Dictionary Name: public land Page: 2Encroachment
Encroachment. An unlawful gaining upon the possession of a neighbour.An infringement of another's rights or intrusion of another's property, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 547.Means unauthorised occupation of Government land or public land by way of putting temporary, semi-permanent or permanent structure for residential use or commercial use or any other use, the Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Act, 2006, s. 2(c)....
Preeumlmptioner
One who holds a prior right to purchase certain public land...
Preeumlmptor
One who preeumlmpts esp one who preeumlmpts public land...
Homesteader
One who has entered upon a portion of the public land with the purpose of acquiring ownership of it under provisions of the homestead law so called one who has acquired a homestead in this manner...
Preeumlmpt
To settle upon public land with a right of preemption as under the laws of the United States to take by preeumlmption...
extralateral right
extralateral right : the right of the holder of a mining claim on public land to mine veins whose tops are present on the surface of the claim even though the veins extend under the surface outside of the claim ...
Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, (English)
Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, (English) (8 & 9 Vict. C. 18), amended by 23 & 24 Vict. C. 106, and 32 & 33 Vict. c. 18, applicable to England and Ireland, the Public Act of Parliament whereby railway companies and other public bodies, authorised by special Act of Parliament to take the land of individuals for the purpose of such special Act, enter upon and make compensation for the land. Ss. 3 and 5 apply this general Act to every undertaking established by any special Act passed after its date by which the purchase or taking of lands for such undertaking is authorised and incorporate the general Act with such special Act except when or in so far as it is expressly excluded.The (English) Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 59), varied the principles of compensation provided by the Lands Clauses Acts upon compulsory purchase by a Government Department or a local or public authority, inter alia, compensation under the Act of 1919, is to ...
Toll-traverse
Toll-traverse, is a toll taken in respect of the original ownership of the land crossed by the public the land having been at the date of the grant the grantee's private property, and having been then dedicated by him to the public in consideration of the toll to be taken, Halsbury's Laws of England, 4th Edn., p. 96, para. 138.Toll-traverse, or Travers, toll taken for every beast driven across a man's land. He may prescribe and distrain for it via regia, Cro. Eliz. 710....
dedication
dedication : a giving up of property to public use that precludes the owner from asserting any further interest in it: as a : an intentional donation of land for public use that is accepted by the proper public authorities b : intentional or negligent surrender to the public of intellectual property that could have been protected by copyright or patent ...
notice
notice 1 a : a notification or communication of a fact, claim, demand, or proceeding see also process, service NOTE: The requirements of when, how, and what notice must be given to a person are often prescribed by a statute, rule, or contract. b : awareness of such a fact, claim, demand, or proceeding actual notice 1 : actual awareness or direct notification of a specific fact, demand, claim, or proceeding [had actual notice of the meeting] called also express notice 2 : implied notice in this entry constructive notice : notice that one exercising ordinary care and diligence as a matter of duty would possess and esp. that is imputed by law rather than from fact [held to have constructive notice of the prior recorded deed] compare recording act express notice : actual notice in this entry implied notice : notice that is imputed to a party having knowledge of a fact or circumstance that would cause a reasonable party to inquire further or having possession of a means of know...
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