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  2. Lease and release - Wikipedia

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    A lease, in fact being a bargain and sale upon some pecuniary consideration for one year or some other nominal term, is made by the bargainor of a whole freehold (with no fetter on alienation) to a lessee who is in fact the bargainee (buyer), "by the force of the Statute made for transferring Uses into possession". This, without any enrolment ...

  3. Possession (law) - Wikipedia

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    Possession of a thing for long enough can become ownership by termination of the previous owner's right of possession and ownership rights. In the same way, the passage of time can bring to an end the owner's right to recover exclusive possession of a property without losing the ownership of it, as when an adverse easement for use is granted by ...

  4. Mortgages in English law - Wikipedia

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    Accordingly, upon the grant of a mortgage, the mortgagee would come into possession of the land - if the income arising from the land paid down the mortgage debt it was referred to as a live pledge (or vivum vaidum) but if the mortgagee simply took those proceeds and the debt was unchanged it was called a dead pledge (originally a mortuum ...

  5. Lost, mislaid, and abandoned property - Wikipedia

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    Property can be considered lost, mislaid, or abandoned depending on the circumstances under which it is found by the next party who obtains its possession. An old saying is that "possession is nine-tenths of the law", dating back centuries. This means that in most cases, the possessor of a piece of property is its rightful owner without ...

  6. First possession theory of property - Wikipedia

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    Pedis possessio is a legal phrase in common law used to describe walking on a property to establish ownership; this concept involves the establishment of first possession of land. By walking on a property and defining its bounds, possession is established. Legal dictionaries [2] put forth this definition.

  7. List of English words of Scottish Gaelic origin - Wikipedia

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    meaning a "drink at the door". Translated as "one for the road", i.e. "one more drink before you leave". Fear an taighe an MC (master of ceremonies), Gaelic lit. "the man of the house" Eàrlaid [4] the right sometimes sold by an outgoing to an incoming tenant to enter into possession of the arable land early in Spring. Galore [1] From gu leor ...

  8. Possessory - Wikipedia

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    possessory action, an action brought to recover possession of property. An action to recover possession of real estate, such as ejectment. An action to recover possession of personal property, such as replevin. In Louisiana, an action to recover the possession of immovable property is called a possessory action. Preston v Zabrisky, 2 La 226, 227.

  9. Usufruct - Wikipedia

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    These may be divided into civil (fructus civiles), industrial (fructus industriales), and natural fruits (fructus naturales), the latter of which, in Roman law, included slaves and livestock. Under Roman law , usufruct was a type of personal servitude ( servitutes personarum ), a beneficial right in another's property.