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possession

thing e : control or occupancy of property actual possession 1 : direct occupancy, use, or control of real property [had actual possession of the land despite a lack of legal title] 2 : direct physical custody, … that is open, hostile, exclusive, continuous, adverse to the claim of the owner, often under a claim of right or color of title, and that may give rise to title in the possessor if carried out for

Assignment

Property Act, 1925, s. 52, replacing the Statute of Frauds, 29 Car. 2, c. 3, s. 4, and Real Property Act, 1845, s. 3, and bys. 40 of the L.P. Act, 1925, all contracts for assignments of … concerned. [Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, (37 of 2000), s. 2(b)] 'Assignment' means the transfer of the claim, right or property to another, C.G.T. v. Ms Getti Chettiar, (1971) 2 SCC 741: AIR 1971 SC 2410 (2413).

Deceit

of deceit, which was an action brought in the Common Pleas to reverse a judgment obtained in any real action, by fraud or collusion between the parties to the prejudice of the right of a third person.

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Distress

the continuance of the landlord's title or interest, and also during the possession of the tenant. By the Real Property Limitation Act, 1874, s. 1, distresses for the recovery of any rent may be made at any … the peace for the recovery of fines due on summary convictions. A distress may be made of common right for the rent payable by a tenant to a landlord, technically termed 'rent-service,' and by particular reservation, or

Primogeniture

of primogeniture obtaining in the United Kingdom was that right whereby the eldest son succeeded to all the real estate of an intestate parent. An analogous right of succession is frequently given by will, and even more

Equity of redemption

sale; (3) a decree for foreclosure by the Court; (4) lapse of time (twelve years) under the (English) Real Property Limitation Act, 1874, ss. 7, 8. This equitable right of redemption after the mortgagor has made default

Jus in re

Jus in re, a complete and full right; a real right, or a right to have a thing, to the exclusion of all other men. Jus in re, means

Petition de droit (Petition of Right UK)

Matched in: Term Petition de droit (Petition of Right UK)

Escheat

(English) Administration of Estates Act, 1925, s. 45(1). The right of the Crown to 'bona vacantia' now includes real property under (English) A.E. Act, 1925, s. 46. See BONA VACAN-TIA. The title of the Crown was ascertained

Owner

whom is vested the ownership, dominion, or title of property; proprietor. He who has dominion of a thing, real or personal, corporeal or incorporeal, which he has a right to enjoy and do with as he pleases,

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