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  2. Bailment - Wikipedia

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    A bailor who leaves property for a fixed term may be deemed to have abandoned the property if it is not removed at the end of the term, or it may convert to an involuntary bailment for a reasonable time (e.g., abandoned property in a bank safe, eventually escheats to the state, and the treasurer may hold it for some period, awaiting the owner ...

  3. Property Rules, Liability Rules and Inalienability: One View ...

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    Property Rules, Liability Rules and Inalienability: One View of the Cathedral is an article in the scholarly legal literature (Harvard Law Review, Vol.85, p. 1089, April 1972), authored by Judge Guido Calabresi (of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit) and A. Douglas Melamed, currently a professor at Stanford Law School.

  4. Regulatory takings in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The "polestar" of regulatory takings jurisprudence is Penn Central Transp. Co. v.New York City (1973). [3] In Penn Central, the Court denied a takings claim brought by the owner of Grand Central Terminal following refusal of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission to approve plans for construction of 50-story office building over Grand Central Terminal.

  5. Civil forfeiture in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Owner of property must prove via preponderance of the evidence that property is not connected to a crime. [88] 3rd party owners need to prove their own innocence. [88] 90% of proceeds go to law enforcement. [88] South Carolina Owner of property must prove via preponderance of the evidence that property is not connected to a crime. [89]

  6. South African law of lease - Wikipedia

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    In terms of section 11(4) of the Act, transfers, cessions, leases, subleases, alienations and mortgages, or variations thereof, must also be so registered. In terms of section 11, prospecting and mining rights may be transferred, let and sublet. Such dealing may not occur, however, save with ministerial consent.

  7. Local governments consider opting out of property ... - AOL

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    (The Center Square) — Some Georgia governments are considering opting out of a bill that limits the increase of a homestead property's value to the rate of inflation. House Bill 581 was ...

  8. Self-executing rule - Wikipedia

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    The self-executing rule, also known as "deem and pass" is a resolution that a bill be deemed to have passed (or, more commonly, a resolution that a bill be deemed to have passed with a certain amendment); if the resolution passes, the bill is automatically deemed to have passed with the amendment set forth in the resolution itself.

  9. Contract Disputes Act of 1978 - Wikipedia

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    All decisions should be issued within a reasonable time, taking into account the nature of the claim, and, if they are not, the contractor may either request a tribunal to direct the Contracting Officer to issue a decision within a specified time or treat the failure to issue a decision as an appealable "deemed" denial of the claim. [8]