Continual Claim
English Law: Continual Claim in the Past
English law. When the feoffee of land is prevented from taking possession by fear of menaces or bodily harm, he may make a claim -to the land in the presence of the vares and if this claim is regularly made once every year and a day, which is then called a continual claim, it protects to the feoffee his rights and is equal to a legal entry. 3 Bl. Com. 175; 2 Bl. Com. 320; 1 Chit. Pr. 278 (a) in note; Crabbe’s Inst. E. L. 403. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”]
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Notes and References
- Partialy, this information about continual claim is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including continual claim.
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