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possession utile [2 records]

Record 1 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private Law
CONT

Where the deceased Indian had been in peaceable, public and useful possession of land on a reserve for a continuous and uninterrupted period of 30 years, transfer of possession may (...) be presumed to have taken place (...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit privé
OBS

Le possesseur doit avoir une véritable possession, à titre de propriétaire, animo-domini, et non à titre précaire. (...) La possession doit être réelle, effective, et se concrétiser par la détention matérielle du meuble.

OBS

La possession prolongée pendant trente ans ou même, (...) pendant dix ou vingt ans, peut donner la propriété au possesseur d'un immeuble.

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-09-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private Law
  • Property Law (civil law)
DEF

Civil law. Possession by operation of law of an entirely by virtue of corporeal possession of a part.

CONT

When a possessor holds title to a property and physically possesses part of it, the law will deem the possessor to hold constructive possession of the rest of the property described in the title.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit privé
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (droit civil)
DEF

Possession qui unit toutes les conditions requises par la loi pour produire des effets juridiques.

Spanish

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