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Possession
its legal meaning, possession is often indistinguishable from ownership, which is the right to possess. In regard to real property a mere right without possession is not sufficient to found an action for trespass, for instance, until
Abatement
Abatement, a making less:- (1) Abatement of Freehold.-The title of a real action which has been abolished. This takes place where a person dies seised of an inheritance, and before the
Quare impedit
Quare impedit (wherefore he hindered), a real possessory action, which could formerly be brought only in the court of Common Pleas, and lies to recover
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Middlesex, Bill of
been committed vi et armis. But it might always hold pleas of any civil action other than actions real, provided the defendant was an officer of the Court, or in the custody of the marshal, or prison-keeper
Process
1986 (63 of 1986), s. 2(o)] Is largely taken for all the proceedings in any action or prosecution, real or personal, civil or criminal, from the beginning to the end; strictly, the summons by which one is
Trespass
of either. An unlawful act committed against the person or property of another esp. wrongful entry on another's real property, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn. The action of trespass lies where a trespass has been committed either
Same transaction
1945 Ker 100. Same transaction, suggests a continuity of action and purpose. It has been held that the real and substantive test for determining whether several offences are so connected together, as to form one transaction depends
McDonnell Douglas test
must prove that the defendant's stated reason is just a pretext for discrimination and that discrimination was the real reason for the employment action, Mc Donnell Douglas Corp v. Green, 411 US 792, 93 S.Ct. 1817 (1973);
Actio ad exhibendum
exhibit a thing or title in his power. It was preparatory to another action, which was always a real action in the sense of the Roman Law, that is for the recovery of a thing, whether it was
Original Writ or Original
Original Writ or Original [breve originale, Lat.], was the beginning or foundation of a real action at Common Law. It is also applied to processes for some other purposes. It was a mandatory letter
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