Land Law > Possession of land | Subject Matter

Acts which constitute possession

4 cases

Distinction between actual and constructive possession

1 case

Distinction between the possession of a person who has title over a piece of land and the possession of a trespasser

1 case

Duties of the defendant and the court where there is a finding of possession in favour of the plaintiff

2 cases

Duty of a purchaser where land is in possession of another

1 case

Effect of a defendant pleading that he has a better right to possession of land than the plaintiff

1 case

Effect of a possession against a party who has no title

1 case

Effect of basing a claim for ownership on customary tenancy

1 case

Effect of possession of land for more than 19 years

1 case

Effect of proof of a better title on possession

2 cases

Effect of proving long possession over the opponents who have not proved better title to land

1 case

How competing claims to possession are resolved

1 case

How possession can be used as a proof of title

2 cases

How to determine the person in exclusive possession of land

1 case

Incidents of possession

2 cases

Meaning of possession

12 cases

Nature of acts of exclusive possession to justify an order of possession in the claimant's favour

1 case

Nature of the interest of a person in possession of land

1 case

Position of a purchase who goes into possession before the completion of the contract

1 case

Position of the law where a right to immediate possession of land is converted by entry into actual possession

1 case

Position of the law where the plaintiff fails to stop the possession of an adverse claimant after a period of twelve years

1 case

Position of the law where two parties claim possession of land

2 cases

Presumption in favour of a person in possession of land

8 cases

The legal effect of possession

7 cases

The nature of possession that must be proved in a claim for declaration of title to land, trespass, injunction etc

1 case

The position of the law on possession in an action in trespass

2 cases

The position of the law on possessory rights

1 case

The position of the law on proof of possession in an action to recover possession of land

3 cases

The position of the law on the owner of land where there are two conflicting and or adverse concurrent claim to possession

1 case

The position of the law on the status of a person who was earlier in possession

1 case

The presumption created by long possession of property

3 cases

The principle that a person in possession and occupation was entitled to the protection of the law against the whole world, except the true owner or someone who could prove a better title

1 case

The principle that a person in possession is presumed to be the absolute owner

2 cases

The principle that possession is prima facie evidence of the right to possession

2 cases

The principle that possession of a defendant will prevail against the whole world except the true owner

8 cases

The rule that a person seeking recovery of possession of land must be a person who has been put out of possession

1 case

The rule that entry into possession must be with the permission of the lessor

1 case

The rule that mere possession is sufficient to maintain an action for trespass against any one who cannot prove a better title

4 cases

The rule that possession by itself gives good title against the whole world except someone having better legal right

2 cases

The rule that possession follows ownership where possession is in issue between parties

1 case

The rule that the law attaches lawful possession to the person with the better title

1 case

The rule that the person having title to land is presumed to be in possession

1 case

Types of possession

3 cases

What a defendant in a suit for possession of land must plead

1 case

What amounts to constructive possession

1 case

What amounts to long possession

1 case

What constitutes constructive possession

1 case

What constitutes evidence of possession

2 cases

What constitutes sufficient evidence of possession

1 case

What must be proved to establish a presumption as to the right of possession in favour of a party as licensor

1 case

What must be proved where both parties claim to be in possession

1 case

What possession entails in law

3 cases

What possession entails; whether legal possession may exist without de facto possession

1 case

What possession of land connotes

1 case

When a person will be said to be in possession of land

1 case

Whether acts of possession can be taken as acts of ownership

2 cases

Whether a failure of a claim for declaration of title affects the right of possession

1 case

Whether a failure of a claim for declaration of title has effect on any right of possession

1 case

Whether an owner of land and a person intruding on that land without his consent cab both be in possession of the land at the same time

1 case

Whether a person who is entitled to possession but has not yet obtained that possession can maintain a claim for injunction to restrain interference with an alleged possession

1 case

Whether a plaintiff can sue a tenant for possession of land behind his landlord

1 case

Whether a plaintiff's claim for possession will succeed where he fails to prove possession or a better right to possession

1 case

Whether a plaintiff who has been in continuous and undisturbed possession of land can be ousted by a defendant who sets up a bogus or fictitious title to the same land

1 case

Whether a previous judgment can establish and strengthen acts of possession

1 case

Whether a tenant given a parcel of land and put in possession by a family to farm has exclusive possession of the land for the duration of his grant

1 case

Whether customary law can be invoked to dispossess another of land

1 case

Whether demarcation of land with survey beacons unaccompanied by physical occupation amounts to sufficient act of possession

1 case

Whether erecting a temporary structure on land constitutes possession

1 case

Whether length of possession is important to a finding of ownership

1 case

Whether long and adverse possession of land can found a claim in title against the true owner

1 case

Whether long possession can found a claim of declaration of title, damages for trespass and injunction

3 cases

Whether long possession can ripen into ownership

8 cases

Whether long possession gives a party a better title to the land than the other party

2 cases

Whether mere assertion is enough to establish possession

1 case

Whether or not possession in land law include receipts of rents and profits or the right to receive same

1 case

Whether planting of crops of land is an effective means of asserting possession of land

1 case

Whether possession can co-exist between a landlord and tenant under customary law

1 case

Whether possession can defeat the title of the true owner

1 case

Whether possession can ripen into ownership where a better title is proved

1 case

Whether possession, however long, can confer title on a person

5 cases

Whether possession in law means exclusive possession

1 case

Whether possession is nine-tenth of ownership

4 cases

Whether possession of land can ripen into ownership under customary law

1 case

Whether possession of land can ripen into title in a case of competing claims for title

1 case

Whether possession that is challenged is considered as possession in law

1 case

Whether slight, but exclusive, possession is enough

1 case

Whether the defendant can, by entering the land, dispossess the plaintiff who pleaded and proved prior possession

1 case

Whether the entry of a trespasser renders the possession of land inexclusive

1 case

Whether the erection of corner pillars constitutes sufficient evidence of possession

1 case

Whether the presence of cultivated trees on land is evidence of possession

1 case

Whether there can be concurrent possession by persons claiming disputed piece of land adversely to each other

1 case

Whether there can be concurrent possession by two parties claiming adversely to each other

5 cases

Subject Matter Index

Acts which constitute possession

Distinction between actual and constructive possession

Distinction between the possession of a person who has title over a piece of land and the possession of a trespasser

Duties of the defendant and the court where there is a finding of possession in favour of the plaintiff

Duty of a purchaser where land is in possession of another

Effect of a defendant pleading that he has a better right to possession of land than the plaintiff

Effect of a possession against a party who has no title

Effect of basing a claim for ownership on customary tenancy

Effect of possession of land for more than 19 years

Effect of proof of a better title on possession

Effect of proving long possession over the opponents who have not proved better title to land

How competing claims to possession are resolved

How possession can be used as a proof of title

How to determine the person in exclusive possession of land

Incidents of possession

Meaning of possession

Nature of acts of exclusive possession to justify an order of possession in the claimant's favour

Nature of the interest of a person in possession of land

Position of a purchase who goes into possession before the completion of the contract

Position of the law where a right to immediate possession of land is converted by entry into actual possession

Position of the law where the plaintiff fails to stop the possession of an adverse claimant after a period of twelve years

Position of the law where two parties claim possession of land

Presumption in favour of a person in possession of land

The legal effect of possession

The nature of possession that must be proved in a claim for declaration of title to land, trespass, injunction etc

The position of the law on possession in an action in trespass

The position of the law on possessory rights

The position of the law on proof of possession in an action to recover possession of land

The position of the law on the owner of land where there are two conflicting and or adverse concurrent claim to possession

The position of the law on the status of a person who was earlier in possession

The presumption created by long possession of property

The principle that a person in possession and occupation was entitled to the protection of the law against the whole world, except the true owner or someone who could prove a better title

The principle that a person in possession is presumed to be the absolute owner

The principle that possession is prima facie evidence of the right to possession

The principle that possession of a defendant will prevail against the whole world except the true owner

The rule that a person seeking recovery of possession of land must be a person who has been put out of possession

The rule that entry into possession must be with the permission of the lessor

The rule that mere possession is sufficient to maintain an action for trespass against any one who cannot prove a better title

The rule that possession by itself gives good title against the whole world except someone having better legal right

The rule that possession follows ownership where possession is in issue between parties

The rule that the law attaches lawful possession to the person with the better title

The rule that the person having title to land is presumed to be in possession

Types of possession

What a defendant in a suit for possession of land must plead

What amounts to constructive possession

What amounts to long possession

What constitutes constructive possession

What constitutes evidence of possession

What constitutes sufficient evidence of possession

What must be proved to establish a presumption as to the right of possession in favour of a party as licensor

What must be proved where both parties claim to be in possession

What possession entails in law

What possession entails; whether legal possession may exist without de facto possession

What possession of land connotes

When a person will be said to be in possession of land

Whether acts of possession can be taken as acts of ownership

Whether a failure of a claim for declaration of title affects the right of possession

Whether a failure of a claim for declaration of title has effect on any right of possession

Whether an owner of land and a person intruding on that land without his consent cab both be in possession of the land at the same time

Whether a person who is entitled to possession but has not yet obtained that possession can maintain a claim for injunction to restrain interference with an alleged possession

Whether a plaintiff can sue a tenant for possession of land behind his landlord

Whether a plaintiff's claim for possession will succeed where he fails to prove possession or a better right to possession

Whether a plaintiff who has been in continuous and undisturbed possession of land can be ousted by a defendant who sets up a bogus or fictitious title to the same land

Whether a previous judgment can establish and strengthen acts of possession

Whether a tenant given a parcel of land and put in possession by a family to farm has exclusive possession of the land for the duration of his grant

Whether customary law can be invoked to dispossess another of land

Whether demarcation of land with survey beacons unaccompanied by physical occupation amounts to sufficient act of possession

Whether erecting a temporary structure on land constitutes possession

Whether length of possession is important to a finding of ownership

Whether long and adverse possession of land can found a claim in title against the true owner

Whether long possession can found a claim of declaration of title, damages for trespass and injunction

Whether long possession can ripen into ownership

Whether long possession gives a party a better title to the land than the other party

Whether mere assertion is enough to establish possession

Whether or not possession in land law include receipts of rents and profits or the right to receive same

Whether planting of crops of land is an effective means of asserting possession of land

Whether possession can co-exist between a landlord and tenant under customary law

Whether possession can defeat the title of the true owner

Whether possession can ripen into ownership where a better title is proved