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Scots property law governs the rules relating to property found in the legal jurisdiction of Scotland.. In Scots law, the term 'property' does not solely describe land. Instead the term 'a person's property' is used when describing objects or 'things' (in Latin res) that an individual holds a right of owners
A disposition in Scots law is a formal deed transferring ownership of corporeal heritable property. It acts as the conveyancing stage as the second of three stages required in order to voluntarily transfer ownership of land in Scotland.
Accession (Latin accessio) is a method of original acquisition of property under Scots property law. It operates to allow property (the accessory) to merge with (or accede to) another object (the principal), either moveable or heritable. [1] Accession derives from the Roman-law concept of the same name. Other jurisdictions employ similar rules.
An Act to consolidate the Statutes relating to the constitution and completion of titles to heritable property in Scotland, and to make certain changes in the law of Scotland relating to heritable rights. Citation: 31 & 32 Vict. c. 101: Dates; Royal assent: 31 July 1868: Other legislation; Amended by: Statute Law Revision Act 1875
The missives of sale, in Scots property law, are a series of formal letters between the two parties, the Buyer and the Seller, containing the contract of sale for the transfer of corporeal heritable property (land) in Scotland. The term 'land' in this article includes buildings and other structures upon land. [1]
For corporeal heritable property (land), the action of removal. NB: Removal proceedings are brought where the current possessor never had consent to occupy the land from the ius possidendi rightholder ab initio (ie: from the beginning). This is commonly the case with squatters. For corporeal heritable property (land), the action of ejection.
the real right of ownership of corporeal heritable property (land). As this only relates to land, loss of ownership of moveable property is still possible. [25] However, while an owner of land's right cannot be extinguished by negative prescription, it can still be extinguished by operation of positive prescription by a possessor (see above).
Under the Entail Act 1685 (c 26), an entail or tailzie (pronounced: 'tailie') ensured that a heritable property could descend to a series of heirs or substitutes specified, even though the heirs may not have been inherited the property under Scots succession law. Entails were abolished under the Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act ...