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Conditions for the valid sale of family land

Effect of a contentious sale of family land

Effect of a sale of family land contrary to law

Effect of avoiding a voidable sale of family land

Effect of sale of family land by family head as his personal property

Effect of sale of family land by the head of the family as the beneficial owner thereof or as representing some other vendors or family who had no title to such land

Effect of sale of family land by the head of the family with the concurrence of the principal members

Effect of sale of family land by the Mogaji

Effect of sale of family land without the concurrence of the principal members of the family

Effect of sale of family land without the consent of the head of the family

Effect of sale of family land without the consent of the members of the family

Effect of sale of land without the family head/principal members/representatives of other branches of the family

Effect of the sale of family land by a member of the family as his personal property

Effect of the sale of family land by the head of a family without the concurrence of the rest of the family

Effect of the sale of family land without the concurrence of the principal members of the family

Effect of the sale of family land without the consent of the head and principal members of the family

Need for a purchaser to be on his guard

Position of the law on sale of family land not yet partitioned

Position of the law with respect to the sale of family land without the consent of the head of the family and a sale by the head of the family without the concurrence of the principal members of the family

Principles guiding the sale of family land

Role of the head of the family in sale of family land

The principle that a claim to set aside the sale of family land must be made timeously

The principle that family land can only be sold with the concurrence of the family head and the principal members of the family

The rule that when family land is sold by the head of the family what is important and material is the capacity in which the vendor dealt with the land rather than the knowledge of the purchaser as to the status of the land as personal or family land

When a sale of family land will be void or voidable

Whether all the members of a family must meet before alienating family land

Whether contracts relating to the sale of family land fall within the general principle that only parties to a deed can sue on it

Whether members of a family who are not parties to a sale transaction can sue to set aside the transaction

Whether sale of family land can be proved by an agreement in writing

Whether the court can set aside a sale of family land that is voidable

Whether the fact that a person's name is mentioned first in the deed of conveyance means that such person is the head of the family

Who can sue where family land is wrongly alienated

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