Tag: PO
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Possession, Writ Of
Definition of Possession, Writ Of The writ which commands the sheriff to enter the land and give possession of it to the person entitled under a judgment. (Order XLVII, r. 1.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Possession, Writ Of in the […]
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Possessory Action
Definition of Possessory Action A real action to recover the possession of land Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Possessory Action in the Dictionaries, Possessory Action in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European […]
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Possibility
Definition of Possibility A future event, the happening of which is uncertain ; an interest in land which depends on the happening of such an event. A possibility is said to be either bare or coupled with an interest. Thus, the expectation of an eldest son of succeeding to his father’s land is […]
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Possession Is Prima Facie Evidence Of Ownership
Definition of Possession Is Prima Facie Evidence Of Ownership Possession is nine-tenths of the law, means that possession is good against all the world except the true owner. Possession ripens into ownership by effluxion of time. Adverse possession of land (i. e., not by agreement with the […]
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Possessio Natural Is
Definition of Possessio Natural Is Natural possession ; where a person possessed a thing not ex justa causa and bona fide. It was not protected by interdicts. (Roman law.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Possessio Natural Is in the Dictionaries, […]
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Porter V. Freudenberg
Definition of Porter V. Freudenberg ([1915] 1 K. B. 857). Held, that an alien enemy is a person, of whatever nationality, who voluntarily resides or carries on business in enemy territory, or in territory in enemy occupation. An alien enemy is not entitled to sue, but may be sued, and can then […]
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Portion
Definition of Portion The provision made for a child by a parent or one in loco parentis ; the gross sums of money provided in a strict settlement for the children, other than the eldest son, on their attaining twentyone, or, if females, marrying before that age. See Pye, Ex p Browse You might […]
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Portreeve
Definition of Portreeve The chief magistrate of a town Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Portreeve in the Dictionaries, Portreeve in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, Browse the Legal […]
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Portion
Definition of Portion The provision made for a child by a parent or one in loco parentis ; the gross sums of money provided in a strict settlement for the children, other than the eldest son, on their attaining twentyone, or, if females, marrying before that age. See Pye, Ex p Browse You might […]
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Positive Law
Definition of Positive Law That part of law which consists of rules imposed by a sovereign on his subjects : law proper as opposed to moral law, and so on (Austin). See Law Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Positive Law in the Dictionaries, Positive […]