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Actio personalis moritur cum persona.

his property in his lifetime. It has also been applied to actions arising out of contracts of a purely personal nature, e.g., promise to marry, Finley v. Chirney, (1880) 20 QBD 494, or to write a book … land within 6 months before death (action to be within one year after death), and by the Fatal Accidents Act, 1846 (Lord Campbell's Act) (q.v. sub-tit. CAMPBELL'S (LORD) ACT), as to negligence causing death (action to be

Possession

servant, or by relation back, e.g., by the owner having entered without remaining in physical possession, see Ocean Accident etc., Corporation v. Ilford Gas Co., (1905) 2 KB 493. Possession may also extend over a thing in … Mills Ltd. v. State of Bombay, AIR 1953 SC 278: (1953) Cr LJ 1116. Possession, is not a purely legal concept but also a matter of fact. 'Possession', in fact; is a relationship between a person and

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