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TAKING [2 records]

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Record 1 2015-02-24

English

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

The modes of acquisition (of possession) are two in number, namely taking and delivery. Taking is the acquisition of possession without the consent of the previous possessor. The thing taken may or may not have been already in the possession of some one else, and in either case the taking of it may be either rightful or wrongful. (Salmond on Jurisprudence, 12e éd., 1966, p. 287)

French

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

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Rights and Concessions
DEF

A mineral bearing area which a mine is permitted to work.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit minier

Spanish

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