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ACQUISITION OPERATION LAW [1 record]

Record 1 2012-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

In law, the acquisition of land by any lawful act of the party, in contradistinction to acquisition by operation of law, is a purchase, and it includes title by deed, by matter of record, and by devise. (Words and Phrases/U.S., 1951, vol. 1A, p. 577)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

acquisition par effet de la loi : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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