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  2. Constructive possession - Wikipedia

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    Constructive possession [1] is a legal fiction to describe a situation in which an individual has actual control over chattels or real property without actually ...

  3. Carrier's Case - Wikipedia

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    The merchant retained constructive possession of the contents. Therefore, when the carrier broke open the bales and removed the contents, he committed the crime of larceny because he had taken the contents from the possession of the merchant. The merchant had a royal safe conduct covering his goods.

  4. Bristol & West Building Society v Henning - Wikipedia

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    Consenting out, common intention constructive trust Bristol & West Building Society v Henning [1985] EWCA Civ 6 is an English land law case that holds a person can consent to give up the right to an overriding interest in land, that will bind third parties, such as banks, that purchase a property.

  5. Possession (law) - Wikipedia

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    In law, possession is the control a person intentionally exercises toward a thing. Like ownership, the possession of anything is commonly regulated under the property law of a jurisdiction. In all cases, to possess something, a person must have an intention to possess it as well as access to it and control over it.

  6. Constructive eviction - Wikipedia

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    Constructive eviction is a circumstance where a tenant's use of the property is so significantly impeded by actions under the landlord's authority that the tenant has no alternative but to vacate the premises. [1] The doctrine applies when a landlord of real property has acted in a way that renders the property uninhabitable. Constructive ...

  7. Larceny - Wikipedia

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    Larceny is a crime involving the unlawful taking or theft of the personal property of another person or business. It was an offence under the common law of England and became an offence in jurisdictions which incorporated the common law of England into their own law (also statutory law), where in many cases it remains in force.

  8. Constructive treason - Wikipedia

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    The word "constructive" is one of the law's most useful frauds. It implies substance where none exists. There can be constructive contracts, constructive trusts, constructive fraud, constructive intent, constructive possession, and constructive anything else the law chooses to baptize as such. "Constructive" in this sense means "treated as". ...

  9. Category:Property law - Wikipedia

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    Constructive eviction; Constructive possession; Court auction; Covenant (law) Property crime; Cuius est solum, eius est usque ad coelum et ad inferos; Cultural ...