Dedication |
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Preface |
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Table of Statutory Instruments and Codes |
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Table of European and International Materials |
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Glossary |
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1 | (1) |
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Historical and comparative |
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2 | (1) |
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The sources of property law: statute law and common law |
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3 | (1) |
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4 | (1) |
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5 | (1) |
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Patrimony and the patrimonial rights |
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5 | (1) |
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Private law and public law |
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6 | (1) |
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6 | (1) |
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Location within private law |
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7 | (1) |
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Real rights and personal rights |
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7 | (2) |
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7 | (1) |
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8 | (1) |
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8 | (1) |
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9 | (1) |
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Digital assets: cryptocurrency |
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9 | (1) |
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Corporeal and incorporeal |
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9 | (1) |
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10 | (1) |
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10 | (1) |
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Three terms: `property', `land' and `goods' |
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11 | (1) |
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Transfer of rights, constitution of rights, extinction of rights |
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12 | (1) |
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A chart of patrimonial rights |
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13 | (1) |
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13 | (2) |
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The principal real right and the subordinate real rights |
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15 | (1) |
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Ownership: the principal real right |
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15 | (1) |
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16 | (1) |
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Encumbered ownership is still ownership |
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16 | (1) |
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Real rights and insolvency |
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17 | (1) |
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Which are the subordinate real rights? The numerus clausus |
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18 | (1) |
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Multiple real rights in the same thing |
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19 | (1) |
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20 | (1) |
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Private property, public property, common good, crown estate, regalia |
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21 | (1) |
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The `unbridgeable division'? Real obligations, `offside goals' etc |
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22 | (1) |
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23 | (1) |
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`Beneficial interest', and `beneficial ownership' |
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23 | (1) |
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Some English terms: `freehold', etc |
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24 | (1) |
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24 | (1) |
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What is the right of ownership? |
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25 | (1) |
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26 | (1) |
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26 | (1) |
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27 | (1) |
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Animals and unowned things |
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27 | (1) |
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Bona vacantia -- ultimus haeres -- `treasure trove' |
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28 | (1) |
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Acquisition: original/derivative |
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29 | (1) |
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Acquisition: voluntary/involuntary |
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30 | (1) |
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30 | (1) |
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30 | (1) |
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Varying statutory definitions |
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31 | (1) |
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31 | (3) |
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4 Acquisition by voluntary transfer: the general principles |
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34 | (1) |
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34 | (1) |
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35 | (1) |
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36 | (1) |
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The specificity principle |
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37 | (1) |
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38 | (1) |
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The publicity principle: the need for an external act |
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39 | (1) |
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Transfer is instantaneous |
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40 | (1) |
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41 | (2) |
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41 | (1) |
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The approach of the courts |
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41 | (1) |
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42 | (1) |
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Payment And Transfer: The Structure Of Insolvency Risk |
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43 | (1) |
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44 | (1) |
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Void, Voidable And Absolutely Good |
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44 | (4) |
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44 | (1) |
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45 | (1) |
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45 | (1) |
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Voidable titles and voidable contracts |
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46 | (1) |
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Reduction and other remedies |
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47 | (1) |
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Transfer: nature of granter's title |
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48 | (2) |
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Transfer where granter's title absolutely good |
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48 | (1) |
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Transfer where granter's title voidable |
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48 | (1) |
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Transfer where granter's title void: the nemo plus principle |
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49 | (1) |
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Prior tempore, potior jure |
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50 | (1) |
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To what is the grantee's right subject? |
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50 | (1) |
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51 | (2) |
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53 | (1) |
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Deeds by unregistered holders |
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54 | (1) |
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54 | (1) |
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55 | (1) |
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55 | (1) |
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56 | (2) |
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5 Acquisition by voluntary transfer: the rules for the various types of property |
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58 | (6) |
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58 | (1) |
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58 | (1) |
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Inhibition, sequestration and the Register of Inhibitions |
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59 | (1) |
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Disposition, settlement and registration |
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60 | (1) |
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61 | (2) |
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Gap risk: letters of obligation and advance notices |
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63 | (1) |
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Subordinate real rights in land |
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63 | (1) |
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Corporeal moveable property |
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64 | (8) |
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64 | (1) |
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64 | (1) |
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Registered moveables: cars, aircraft, ships |
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65 | (1) |
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Transfer: SOGA 1979, s 17 |
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66 | (1) |
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Transfer: SOGA 1979, the default rules |
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66 | (1) |
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67 | (1) |
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67 | (1) |
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SOGA 1979, ss 20A and 20B: sale of quasi-specific goods |
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68 | (1) |
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69 | (1) |
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70 | (1) |
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Should good faith buyers be protected? |
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70 | (1) |
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The exceptions to nemo plus |
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70 | (2) |
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Incorporeal moveable property: personal rights |
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72 | (5) |
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72 | (1) |
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72 | (1) |
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73 | (1) |
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73 | (1) |
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74 | (1) |
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75 | (2) |
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Incorporeal moveable property: non-standard cases |
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77 | (1) |
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(i) Negotiable instruments |
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77 | (1) |
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(ii) Life assurance policies |
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77 | (1) |
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(iii) Financial instruments |
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77 | (1) |
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(iv) Intellectual property |
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77 | (1) |
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78 | (1) |
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78 | (1) |
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79 | (1) |
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80 | (1) |
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Negative prescription: personal rights |
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80 | (1) |
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Negative prescription: subordinate real rights |
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81 | (1) |
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Negative prescription: the real right of ownership |
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81 | (1) |
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81 | (5) |
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Positive prescription: introduction |
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81 | (1) |
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Prescriptive acquisition of ownership of land: the basic Idea |
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82 | (1) |
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Effect of positive prescription |
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82 | (1) |
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83 | (1) |
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83 | (1) |
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84 | (1) |
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Possession must be without `interruption' |
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84 | (1) |
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Possession must be `founded on' the foundation deed |
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84 | (1) |
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85 | (1) |
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Positive prescription: Sasine Register and Land Register compared |
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85 | (1) |
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Positive prescription: subordinate real rights |
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86 | (1) |
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86 | (1) |
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86 | (1) |
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87 | (3) |
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90 | (3) |
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Medical overview of the chapter |
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90 | (1) |
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Registration: an introduction |
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90 | (2) |
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The incentive to register |
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92 | (1) |
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Public access and the title glasshouse |
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92 | (1) |
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The sasine register: 1617 and all that |
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93 | (2) |
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The land register Introduction |
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95 | (3) |
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Switching properties from the old register to the new: (i) the system until 2014 |
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96 | (1) |
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Switching properties from the old register to the new: (ii) the new system |
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97 | (1) |
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The anatomy of the Land Register |
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98 | (8) |
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The four parts of the Land Register |
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98 | (1) |
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First part of the Land Register: the Cadastral Map |
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99 | (1) |
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Second part of the Land Register: the Title Sheet Record |
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100 | (2) |
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102 | (1) |
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Title sheets: some further details |
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102 | (1) |
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2012 Act gives only the framework |
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102 | (1) |
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103 | (1) |
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103 | (1) |
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The title sheet's limitations |
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104 | (1) |
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Third part of the Land Register: the Archive Record |
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104 | (1) |
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Fourth part of the Land Register: the application record |
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105 | (1) |
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The physiology of the Land Register |
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106 | (6) |
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106 | (1) |
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Registration: further requirements |
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107 | (1) |
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Date when an application takes effect |
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108 | (1) |
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The queue, and the `as at the date of application' principle |
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108 | (1) |
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109 | (1) |
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109 | (3) |
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The pathology (and therapeutics) of the Land Register |
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112 | (10) |
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Inaccuracy and rectification |
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112 | (1) |
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Rectification: evidence and procedure |
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113 | (1) |
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114 | (1) |
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Duty of care owed to the Keeper |
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115 | (1) |
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Protection of good faith grantees: the money or the mud |
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116 | (2) |
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Effect of registration and the Midas touch |
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118 | (1) |
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119 | (1) |
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Challengeable deeds: (A) reduction |
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119 | (1) |
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Challengeable deeds: (B) judicial rectification |
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120 | (1) |
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Actual and bijural inaccuracies and the transition from LR(S)A 1979 |
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121 | (1) |
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122 | (1) |
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123 | (8) |
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8 Acquisition by involuntary transfer |
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131 | (1) |
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132 | (2) |
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132 | (1) |
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Compulsory purchase order |
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133 | (1) |
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133 | (1) |
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133 | (1) |
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General vesting declarations |
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134 | (1) |
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Miscellaneous compulsory purchase rights |
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134 | (1) |
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Sale by a secured creditor |
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134 | (1) |
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134 | (1) |
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135 | (1) |
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135 | (1) |
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135 | (1) |
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135 | (1) |
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136 | (1) |
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136 | (1) |
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Forfeiture as a criminal penalty |
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137 | (1) |
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137 | (1) |
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137 | (2) |
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139 | (1) |
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Previously unowned corporeal moveables: occupancy |
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140 | (1) |
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Property which has already been owned |
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141 | (8) |
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141 | (5) |
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146 | (1) |
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146 | (2) |
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Money and bills of exchange |
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148 | (1) |
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148 | (1) |
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Registration in the Land Register under LR(S)A 1979 |
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148 | (1) |
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149 | (2) |
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151 | (1) |
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152 | (5) |
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152 | (1) |
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153 | (1) |
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154 | (1) |
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154 | (1) |
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154 | (1) |
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155 | (2) |
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157 | (1) |
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157 | (1) |
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158 | (1) |
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11 Relationship property law |
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159 | (1) |
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160 | (4) |
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The basic principle: separation of patrimonies |
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160 | (1) |
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Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985, ss 25 and 26 |
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161 | (1) |
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Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Act 1981 |
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161 | (2) |
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End of the marriage: (a) death |
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163 | (1) |
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End of the marriage: (b) divorce |
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163 | (1) |
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156 | (10) |
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166 | (2) |
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168 | (1) |
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168 | (1) |
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168 | (1) |
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Possession and ownership compared |
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168 | (1) |
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The importance of possession |
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169 | (1) |
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Requirements for possession |
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169 | (3) |
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169 | (1) |
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170 | (2) |
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172 | (1) |
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172 | (1) |
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172 | (1) |
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Transfer of natural possession: actual delivery |
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172 | (1) |
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Transfer of civil possession: constructive delivery |
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172 | (1) |
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Transfer of possession by means of a key |
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173 | (1) |
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173 | (1) |
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Possession as of right or without right |
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173 | (1) |
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173 | (1) |
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174 | (1) |
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174 | (2) |
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174 | (1) |
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175 | (1) |
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175 | (1) |
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176 | (2) |
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178 | (8) |
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178 | (1) |
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179 | (1) |
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A right to enter or make limited use of the burdened property |
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180 | (1) |
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181 | (1) |
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Repugnancy with ownership |
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181 | (1) |
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182 | (3) |
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Breaking the fixed list: new expressly created servitudes |
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185 | (1) |
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Rural and urban servitudes |
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186 | (1) |
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186 | (6) |
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186 | (1) |
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187 | (1) |
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187 | (1) |
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188 | (1) |
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Implied servitudes and landlocked land |
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188 | (1) |
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189 | (1) |
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Special statutory provisions |
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190 | (1) |
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190 | (1) |
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191 | (1) |
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Rights of the benefited proprietor |
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192 | (1) |
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192 | (1) |
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192 | (1) |
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Obligations of the benefited proprietor |
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193 | (4) |
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Express servitude conditions |
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193 | (1) |
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To exercise the servitude civiliter |
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194 | (1) |
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To exercise the servitude for the benefit of the benefited property only |
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194 | (1) |
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Not to increase unwarrantably the burden on the burdened property |
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195 | (1) |
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Rights of the burdened proprietor |
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196 | (1) |
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Obligations of the burdened proprietor |
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196 | (1) |
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197 | (2) |
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197 | (1) |
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197 | (1) |
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197 | (1) |
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198 | (1) |
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198 | (1) |
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198 | (1) |
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198 | (1) |
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Application to the Lands Tribunal |
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199 | (1) |
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Rights which are similar to servitudes |
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199 | (1) |
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199 | (1) |
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199 | (1) |
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200 | (2) |
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202 | (7) |
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202 | (1) |
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203 | (1) |
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Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 |
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203 | (1) |
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Praedial real burdens and personal real burdens |
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204 | (1) |
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Subdivisions and common schemes |
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204 | (1) |
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Affirmative and negative real burdens |
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205 | (1) |
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206 | (1) |
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207 | (1) |
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Pre-emptions and other options |
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207 | (2) |
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209 | (1) |
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A deed which is dual-registered |
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209 | (1) |
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209 | (1) |
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The `four corners of the deed' rule |
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209 | (1) |
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210 | (1) |
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210 | (6) |
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The common law background |
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210 | (1) |
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Real burdens created since 28 November 2004 |
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211 | (1) |
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Real burdens created before 28 November 2004: seven rules |
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211 | (5) |
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216 | (3) |
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216 | (1) |
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216 | (1) |
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216 | (1) |
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217 | (1) |
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218 | (1) |
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218 | (1) |
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219 | (1) |
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219 | (1) |
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219 | (1) |
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220 | (1) |
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220 | (3) |
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220 | (1) |
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220 | (1) |
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221 | (1) |
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Economic development burdens |
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221 | (1) |
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221 | (1) |
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222 | (1) |
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222 | (1) |
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222 | (1) |
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Personal pre-emption burdens |
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222 | (1) |
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Personal redemption burdens |
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223 | (1) |
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223 | (5) |
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223 | (2) |
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225 | (1) |
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225 | (2) |
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227 | (1) |
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227 | (1) |
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228 | (1) |
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228 | (2) |
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230 | (1) |
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230 | (1) |
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230 | (1) |
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230 | (1) |
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Sasine Register to Land Register |
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231 | (1) |
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231 | (1) |
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From the heavens to the centre of the earth |
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231 | (1) |
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The exception of separate tenements |
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232 | (1) |
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232 | (2) |
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232 | (1) |
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233 | (1) |
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233 | (1) |
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234 | (2) |
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234 | (1) |
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Conventional separate tenements |
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234 | (1) |
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235 | (1) |
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No accession across the boundaries |
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235 | (1) |
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236 | (3) |
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236 | (1) |
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Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 |
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236 | (1) |
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236 | (1) |
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Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 (CE(S)A 2015) |
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237 | (1) |
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Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 (LR(S)A 2016) |
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238 | (1) |
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239 | (3) |
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16 Tenements and developments |
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242 | (1) |
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The Tenements (Scotland) Act 2004: a default code |
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242 | (1) |
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242 | (1) |
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Default rules of tenement ownership |
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243 | (2) |
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243 | (1) |
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243 | (1) |
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244 | (1) |
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Default rules of tenement management |
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245 | (5) |
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The Tenement Management Scheme |
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245 | (1) |
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245 | (1) |
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246 | (2) |
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248 | (1) |
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249 | (1) |
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Mandatory rules for insurance and maintenance in tenements |
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250 | (1) |
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250 | (1) |
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251 | (1) |
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Tenement access and installation rights |
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251 | (1) |
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252 | (1) |
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252 | (1) |
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Default rules of management and maintenance for other developments |
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253 | (1) |
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Development management scheme |
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253 | (1) |
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254 | (1) |
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254 | (1) |
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17 Rivers, lochs and the sea |
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255 | (1) |
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255 | (1) |
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256 | (1) |
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256 | (1) |
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256 | (1) |
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256 | (1) |
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257 | (1) |
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257 | (1) |
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257 | (2) |
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257 | (1) |
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Rights of riparian proprietors |
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257 | (1) |
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Obligations on riparian proprietors: common interest |
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258 | (1) |
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Other obligations on riparian proprietors |
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258 | (1) |
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259 | (1) |
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259 | (1) |
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Rights of riparian proprietors |
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259 | (1) |
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Obligations of riparian proprietors |
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259 | (1) |
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260 | (2) |
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262 | (1) |
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Boundary fences and walls |
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262 | (3) |
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262 | (1) |
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263 | (1) |
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264 | (1) |
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264 | (1) |
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265 | (3) |
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265 | (1) |
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Defences: consent and acquiescence |
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266 | (1) |
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266 | (1) |
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267 | (1) |
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267 | (1) |
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268 | (1) |
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268 | (1) |
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268 | (1) |
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269 | (1) |
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269 | (1) |
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269 | (2) |
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269 | (1) |
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270 | (1) |
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270 | (1) |
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271 | (1) |
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271 | (1) |
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Aemulatio vicini (spiteful acts) |
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271 | (1) |
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271 | (1) |
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Use of a neighbour's property |
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272 | (1) |
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272 | (1) |
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272 | (1) |
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272 | (1) |
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273 | (3) |
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276 | (1) |
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Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 |
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276 | (4) |
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276 | (1) |
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Content of the access rights |
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276 | (1) |
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277 | (2) |
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279 | (1) |
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Duty of care of landowners |
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279 | (1) |
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280 | (1) |
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The role of local authorities |
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280 | (1) |
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280 | (5) |
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280 | (1) |
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281 | (1) |
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281 | (1) |
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282 | (1) |
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282 | (1) |
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283 | (1) |
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284 | (1) |
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284 | (1) |
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Rights over water and the foreshore |
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285 | (2) |
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285 | (1) |
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286 | (1) |
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286 | (1) |
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287 | (1) |
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287 | (3) |
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287 | (1) |
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287 | (1) |
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288 | (1) |
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288 | (1) |
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289 | (1) |
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289 | (1) |
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290 | (2) |
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292 | (1) |
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293 | (1) |
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The four cardinal elements |
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293 | (2) |
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293 | (1) |
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294 | (1) |
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294 | (1) |
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294 | (1) |
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295 | (5) |
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Leases and other rights of use |
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295 | (1) |
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296 | (1) |
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297 | (1) |
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Short leases: possession under the Leases Act 1449 |
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297 | (1) |
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Long leases: registration |
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298 | (1) |
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`Offside goals' and leases |
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298 | (1) |
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Personal and real conditions |
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299 | (1) |
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Leases and standard securities |
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299 | (1) |
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Rights and obligations of the parties |
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300 | (2) |
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300 | (1) |
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300 | (1) |
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301 | (1) |
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301 | (1) |
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301 | (1) |
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Remedies available to both parties |
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302 | (2) |
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(a) Specific implement and interdict |
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302 | (1) |
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303 | (1) |
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303 | (1) |
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303 | (1) |
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303 | (1) |
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Remedies available only to the landlord |
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304 | (2) |
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304 | (1) |
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304 | (1) |
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(c) Action for recovery of heritable property |
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305 | (1) |
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306 | (2) |
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306 | (1) |
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306 | (1) |
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307 | (1) |
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307 | (1) |
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308 | (3) |
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308 | (1) |
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309 | (1) |
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Termination before the ish |
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310 | (1) |
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311 | (7) |
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311 | (1) |
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312 | (3) |
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Agricultural leases: general |
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315 | (1) |
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315 | (1) |
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316 | (1) |
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317 | (1) |
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317 | (1) |
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318 | (1) |
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318 | (5) |
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323 | (9) |
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323 | (1) |
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324 | (1) |
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324 | (1) |
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Personal security and real security |
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324 | (1) |
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325 | (1) |
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325 | (1) |
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Registration of securities granted by companies |
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325 | (1) |
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True securities and functional securities |
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326 | (2) |
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Secured debt: restricted and unrestricted securities |
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328 | (1) |
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Accessory nature of security |
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328 | (1) |
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329 | (1) |
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329 | (1) |
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Transfer of the encumbered property |
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330 | (1) |
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330 | (1) |
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331 | (1) |
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331 | (1) |
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332 | (1) |
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333 | (10) |
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333 | (1) |
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333 | (1) |
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334 | (2) |
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Aircraft and ship mortgages |
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336 | (1) |
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Securities over special types of incorporeal moveable property |
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336 | (1) |
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337 | (6) |
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343 | (4) |
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343 | (1) |
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344 | (1) |
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345 | (1) |
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346 | (1) |
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346 | (1) |
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347 | (1) |
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348 | (1) |
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349 | (1) |
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350 | (1) |
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350 | (1) |
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351 | (1) |
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The legal nature of liferent |
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351 | (1) |
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Subordinate real right -- or temporary ownership? |
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351 | (1) |
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351 | (1) |
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351 | (1) |
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352 | (1) |
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352 | (1) |
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352 | (1) |
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353 | (1) |
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Proper liferent and improper liferent |
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353 | (1) |
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Liferents and destinations |
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354 | (1) |
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Statutory restrictions on liferents |
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355 | (1) |
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355 | (3) |
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23 Trusts: what they are and how they are created |
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358 | (1) |
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358 | (1) |
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Sources, and comparative law |
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358 | (1) |
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What is a trust? The basics |
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359 | (3) |
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359 | (1) |
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360 | (1) |
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361 | (1) |
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Trusts that are not trusts and trustees who are not trustees |
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361 | (1) |
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Are trusts part of property law, the law of obligations or the law of persons? |
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362 | (1) |
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What are trusts used for? |
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362 | (1) |
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362 | (7) |
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362 | (1) |
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Inter vivos trusts and mortis causa trusts |
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363 | (1) |
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Public trusts and private trusts |
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363 | (1) |
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Family trusts and commercial trusts |
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363 | (1) |
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363 | (3) |
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366 | (1) |
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Taxation and tax-based classifications |
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367 | (1) |
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Liferent trusts (improper liferents) |
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367 | |
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268 | (101) |
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369 | (4) |
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369 | (2) |
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Births: usual and unusual |
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371 | (2) |
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Trustees and beneficiaries |
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373 | (2) |
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373 | (1) |
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Who may be a beneficiary? |
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374 | (1) |
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The three parties: role-sharing |
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374 | (1) |
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374 | (1) |
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375 | (1) |
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What is a trust? Further discussion |
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375 | (4) |
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375 | (2) |
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Varying theories of the trust |
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377 | (1) |
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The nature of the beneficiary's right |
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377 | (1) |
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378 | (1) |
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Trusts and the publicity principle |
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378 | (1) |
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379 | (2) |
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379 | (1) |
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A footnote on the word `vesting' |
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380 | (1) |
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International private law |
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381 | (1) |
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381 | (3) |
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24 Trusts: their life in health and in sickness |
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384 | (3) |
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Must the trustees act gratuitously? |
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348 | (36) |
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Cessation of office: (1) death, (2) resignation and (3) removal by the court |
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384 | (1) |
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385 | (1) |
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385 | (1) |
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386 | (1) |
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386 | (1) |
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386 | (1) |
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387 | (2) |
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387 | (1) |
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387 | (2) |
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The rule against perpetuities |
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389 | (1) |
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389 | (1) |
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389 | (1) |
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390 | (1) |
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390 | (5) |
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390 | (2) |
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The rule against accumulation |
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392 | (1) |
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Accounting duties and information duties |
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393 | (1) |
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Fiduciary duties of trustees |
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393 | (2) |
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395 | (3) |
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395 | (1) |
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Some consequences of breach of trust |
|
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395 | (1) |
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Paying/conveying to the wrong person |
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396 | (1) |
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397 | (1) |
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397 | (1) |
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398 | (1) |
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398 | (1) |
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Liability of trustees to third parties |
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398 | (1) |
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399 | (1) |
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399 | (1) |
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400 | (1) |
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25 Trusts: variation and termination |
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401 | (1) |
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Variation and early termination of private trusts |
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402 | (2) |
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The rule in Miller's Trs v Miller |
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402 | (1) |
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403 | (1) |
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Variation of private trusts by the court |
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404 | (1) |
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Termination of a private trust by failure of purposes: resulting trusts |
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|
404 | (1) |
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Variation and early termination of public trusts |
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|
404 | (2) |
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Variation of public trusts |
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404 | (1) |
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Variation of non-charitable public trusts |
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404 | (1) |
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Variation (`reorganisation') of charitable trusts |
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405 | (1) |
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405 | (1) |
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406 | (2) |
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26 Succession: general issues |
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408 | (5) |
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Location of succession within private law |
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|
408 | (1) |
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Succession law and trust law |
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408 | (1) |
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Sources of the law: past and future |
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408 | (1) |
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Different approaches to succession |
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409 | (1) |
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409 | (2) |
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411 | (1) |
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412 | (1) |
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Who may inherit? The living and the dead |
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413 | (2) |
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413 | (1) |
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414 | (1) |
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Who may inherit? Some particular types of person |
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415 | (3) |
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415 | (1) |
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415 | (1) |
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415 | (1) |
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416 | (1) |
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416 | (1) |
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|
416 | (1) |
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Spouses and civil partners: current, former and separated |
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|
417 | (1) |
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Juristic persons and trusts |
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417 | (1) |
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417 | (1) |
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418 | (1) |
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418 | (5) |
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Active and passive transmissibility |
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418 | (1) |
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419 | (1) |
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419 | (2) |
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421 | (1) |
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Executory contracts to buy or sell: `conversion' |
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422 | (1) |
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423 | (3) |
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423 | (1) |
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423 | (1) |
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424 | (1) |
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424 | (1) |
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|
425 | (1) |
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Personal liability of the executor? |
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425 | (1) |
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425 | (1) |
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Personal liability of others? |
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426 | (1) |
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International private law |
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426 | (1) |
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427 | (1) |
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427 | (2) |
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429 | (3) |
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429 | (1) |
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Jus relictae, jus relicti and legitim |
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430 | (1) |
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431 | (1) |
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431 | (1) |
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Legal rights are a claim for money |
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432 | (1) |
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432 | (1) |
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433 | (1) |
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434 | (1) |
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Four misconceptions about legal rights |
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435 | (1) |
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436 | (1) |
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Representation in legitim: per stirpes and per capita division |
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436 | (1) |
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Representation: when does it apply? |
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437 | (1) |
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437 | (2) |
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Circumventing legal rights |
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439 | (1) |
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Some comparative law: England, France, Germany |
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439 | (1) |
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440 | (2) |
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442 | (9) |
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442 | (2) |
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444 | (1) |
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444 | (1) |
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Codicils, adoption and execution on the testator's behalf |
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445 | (1) |
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Concluded testamentary intent |
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446 | (1) |
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447 | (1) |
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447 | (1) |
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How long does a testament last? |
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448 | (1) |
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Revocation, express and implied |
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448 | (2) |
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450 | (1) |
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Solicitor's duty of care to potential legatees? |
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451 | (1) |
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451 | (1) |
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Substantive testate succession |
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451 | (7) |
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451 | (1) |
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452 | (1) |
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453 | (1) |
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453 | (1) |
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454 | (1) |
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455 | (1) |
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456 | (1) |
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Death of legatee: lapse of legacies |
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456 | (1) |
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Express destinations-over |
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456 | (1) |
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Implied destinations-over: (i) accretion |
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457 | (1) |
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Implied destinations-over: (ii) legatee's offspring |
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457 | (1) |
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458 | (4) |
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Interpretation of testaments |
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458 | (3) |
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Rectification of testaments |
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461 | (1) |
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462 | (1) |
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463 | (1) |
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464 | (1) |
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|
464 | (6) |
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465 | (3) |
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468 | (1) |
|
Stage 3 Cohabitant's right |
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468 | (1) |
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469 | (1) |
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469 | (1) |
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470 | (1) |
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471 | (1) |
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471 | (1) |
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472 | (1) |
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472 | (1) |
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473 | (1) |
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Destinations-over: the basics |
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474 | (1) |
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474 | (4) |
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474 | (1) |
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474 | (1) |
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475 | (1) |
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|
475 | (2) |
|
Practical significance of special destinations |
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477 | (1) |
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Special destinations: transferring to the substitute |
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477 | (1) |
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Special destinations and insolvency |
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478 | (1) |
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Special destinations, joint property and liferents |
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|
478 | (1) |
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Back to destinations-over |
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478 | (1) |
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479 | (1) |
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479 | (1) |
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Non-destinations: bank accounts |
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479 | (1) |
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|
480 | (2) |
|
31 Execution of documents |
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|
482 | (5) |
|
Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995 |
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|
482 | (1) |
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The six categories where writing is required |
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483 | (2) |
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485 | (1) |
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Reasons for requiring writing |
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486 | (1) |
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|
486 | (1) |
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The Books of Council and Session |
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487 | (1) |
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Traditional documents: formal validity |
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487 | (3) |
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Formal validity: the one requirement |
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487 | (1) |
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Meaning of `subscription' |
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487 | (1) |
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Execution on behalf of someone else |
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488 | (1) |
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|
488 | (2) |
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Traditional documents: probativity |
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490 | (6) |
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|
490 | (1) |
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Probative versus improbative |
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490 | (1) |
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|
490 | (1) |
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Probativity by attestation |
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491 | (1) |
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Probativity is all about appearance |
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492 | (1) |
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493 | (1) |
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Probativity by other methods: juristic persons |
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493 | (1) |
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|
494 | (1) |
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The benefits of probativity |
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495 | (1) |
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Converting improbative documents into probative documents |
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|
495 | (1) |
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Adding to traditional documents |
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496 | (1) |
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Incorporation of earlier documents |
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496 | (1) |
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496 | (1) |
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497 | (1) |
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497 | (2) |
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|
497 | (1) |
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|
497 | (2) |
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Alterations, annexations, authentication and execution by or on behalf of individuals with a disability |
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499 | (1) |
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|
499 | (1) |
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|
500 | (1) |
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501 | (2) |
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503 | (1) |
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Incorporation of echr into domestic law |
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|
504 | (3) |
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|
504 | (1) |
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|
505 | (1) |
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Horizontal and vertical effect |
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506 | (1) |
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|
507 | (4) |
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|
507 | (1) |
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|
507 | (1) |
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An interference and its nature |
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|
508 | (1) |
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|
509 | (1) |
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|
509 | (1) |
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Proportionality: fair balance |
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|
510 | (1) |
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511 | (1) |
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512 | (1) |
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|
513 | (1) |
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Further human rights considerations |
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|
513 | (1) |
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514 | (1) |
|
Appendix: The feudal system |
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515 | (1) |
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History of feudalism: a one-minute summary |
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516 | (1) |
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517 | (1) |
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518 | (2) |
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518 | (1) |
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518 | (1) |
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|
518 | (1) |
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|
518 | (1) |
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|
518 | (1) |
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|
519 | (1) |
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Dominium directum, dominium utile, dominium eminens |
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|
520 | (1) |
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Casualties and irritancies |
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520 | (1) |
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521 | (1) |
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521 | (1) |
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`The feudal system of land tenure is abolished' |
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521 | (1) |
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Postscript (1) ultra-long leases |
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522 | (1) |
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Postscript (2) `Feudalism' is a polysemic term |
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522 | (1) |
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522 | (111) |
Index |
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