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  2. Right to property - Wikipedia

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    The right to property, or the right to own property (cf. ownership), is often [how often?] classified as a human right for natural persons regarding their possessions.A general recognition of a right to private property is found [citation needed] more rarely and is typically heavily constrained insofar as property is owned by legal persons (i.e. corporations) and where it is used for ...

  3. Lease and release - Wikipedia

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    A lease and release is a form of conveyance of real property involving the lease of land by its owner to a tenant, followed by a release (relinquishment) of the landlord's interest in the property to the tenant. This sequence of transactions was commonly used to transfer full freehold title to real estate under real property law.

  4. Abandonment (legal) - Wikipedia

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    In law, abandonment is the relinquishment, giving up, or renunciation of an interest, claim, privilege, possession, [1] civil proceedings, appeal, or right, especially with the intent of never again resuming or reasserting it. Such intentional action may take the form of a discontinuance or a waiver.

  5. Collection of judgments in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    To obtain a lien on real property in the state of Virginia, the judgment creditor must "docket" the lien in the public records office of the city or county where that property is physically located. Once the lien is docketed, the creditor files a "creditor's bill in equity" in that jurisdiction, which will require the chancellor to appoint a ...

  6. Feoffment - Wikipedia

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    It was total relinquishment and transfer of all rights of ownership of an estate in land from one individual to another. [ citation needed ] In feudal England a feoffment could only be made of a fee (or "fief"), which is an estate in land , that is to say an ownership of rights over land, rather than ownership of the land itself, the only true ...

  7. Quia Emptores - Wikipedia

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    The ones with the apparent rights were the tenant class, while the great lords were still beholden to the Crown. [41] In the opinion of Pollack and Maitland, it is a mistake to conclude that Quia Emptores was enacted in the interest of the great lords. The one person who had all to gain and nothing to lose was the King. [38]

  8. District of Columbia retrocession - Wikipedia

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    Virginia legislators were concerned that the people of Alexandria County had not been properly included in the retrocession proceedings. After months of debate, the Virginia legislature voted to formally accept the retrocession legislation on March 13, 1847. [4] A celebration and local holiday in honor of retrocession was then held on March 20 ...

  9. Great Grant Deed - Wikipedia

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    July 4. 1776. Commission to Collect Evidence in behalf of Virginia against persons pretending to have claims for lands within the territory thereof, under deeds and purchases from Indians; & for such purpose given power to summons and examine witnesses under oath and due notice of twenty days being given & c [57]