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re-entry permit
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Exchange, Deed of
1925, s. 59, replacing Real Property Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 106), s. 4]. An actual entry upon the pro-perty exchanged by the parties themselves to the deed was essential. The exchange was void if … Exchange, Deed of [fr. excambium, Lat.], an original Common Law conveyance, for the reciprocal transfer of interests ejusdem generis, as fee simple for fee simple, legal estate for legal estate, copyhold for
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cause
injury must be proven in both tort and criminal cases. actual cause : cause in fact in this entry but-for cause : cause in fact in this entry cause in fact : a cause without which the … cause 1 : something that brings about an effect or result [the negligent act which was the of the plaintiff's injury] NOTE: The cause of an injury must be
Usual Covenants
Usual Covenants, covenants usually inserted in deeds having a similar scope to that in respect of which a question arises. The phrase occurs most frequently in connection with agreements for leases stipulating that
damage
a direct result of the injury suffered called also compensatory damages consequential damages : special damages in this entry direct damages : damages for a loss that is an immediate, natural, and foreseeable result of the wrongful … damage [Old French, from dam injury, harm, from Latin damnum financial loss, fine] 1 : loss or harm resulting from injury to person, property, or reputation 2 pl : the money awarded to a party in a
order
the rulings, stipulations, and other actions taken at a pretrial conference protection order : restraining order in this entry protective order : an order issued for the protection of a particular party: as a : an order … order 1 : a state of peace, freedom from unruly behavior, and respect for law and proper authority [maintain law and ] 2 : an established mode or state of procedure
Landlord and tenant
use of the land for a period less than the landlord's estate in it, generally upon payment of rent. The landlord's estate is called the reversion, and at common law, a power of distress for rent is
Limitation of actions and prosecutions
of the land or as a grantee for value with notice. Trespassers acquire an inchoate transmissible right upon entry of land or perception of profits. Successive trespassers together completing the statutory period of limitation acquire a good … first was 21 Jac. 1, c. 16, the (English) Limitation Act, 1623, and the principal succeeding ones, the Real Property Limitation Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4, c. 42), the (English) Civil Procedure Act (3 &
defense
consent contributory negligence at negligence, denial, diminished capacity, duress, entrapment, estoppel, fraud, infancy, insanity, intoxication, laches, mistake, necessity, res judicata, statute of limitations absolute defense : complete defense in this entry af·fir·ma·tive defense : a defense that
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