单词 | to invert possession |
释义 | > as lemmasto invert possession b. transitive. Scots Law. To alienate, transfer, or encroach upon (property rights). Originally and chiefly in to invert possession and variants. Now somewhat rare.Often (and now usually) with reference to the use by a tenant of a rented property for a purpose not permitted by his or her lease. ΚΠ 1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. ix. 106 Possessours invert their Masters Possession, and pay their Rents to another. 1695 in Fountainhall's Decisions (1759) I. 679 The Lords..would not summarily invert the Town of Edinburgh's possession. 1749 Information for Sir R. Gordon against A. Dunbar 6 It was not in the Power of the Patron to invert the Parson's Possession by an Allocation of a Stipend upon the Teinds. 1781 A. Ld. Macdonald against N. Macleod: Appellant's Case 12 That the Bernera Tenants possessed it..without Molestation, yet that cannot invert the Title of Property inherent in the Family of Macdonald. 1849 Rep. Supreme Courts Scotl. 21 160/1 Mr. Dixon, by widening the gauge [sc. of a tram-railway] is inverting the possession; and the Trustees may now say this is more than using a tolerance—it is claiming a right. 1878 Jrnl. Jurispr. 22 494 Damages are due if a tenant does not take possession, or inverts possession. 1906 Scotsman 12 Mar. 10/2 What the Magistrates proposed to do was to invert the state of possession. 1956 Banffshire Jrnl. 27 Nov. 8 The defender had inverted possession by erecting the three poles. 2014 Sc. Case Digests (CSIH 51) (Lexis) 3 June What the respondent was actually seeking to do was invert the possession on the strength of an apparent title, which turned out to be unfounded. < as lemmas |
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