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IMMEMORIAL POSSESSION [1 record]

Record 1 2013-09-06

English

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

Possession that began so long ago that no one still living witnessed its beginning.

French

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

Possession dont le début remonte à une époque si ancienne qu'il ne reste aucun souvenir de son origine.

OBS

Une servitude ne peut se fonder sur une possession, même immémoriale.

Spanish

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