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    Land Law

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    has become affixed to the land as to become a part of the land and part of the real property.1 The essential question here is whether it has become so affixed to the land that it is part of the Equity Finance Limited security and has to remain on site with the expiry of s 92 Property Law Act 1952. The starting point is the test set out in Holland v Hodgson (1872)2 where Blackburn J stated that if an article is attached by own weight than then it is not part of the land unless the circumstances are

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    Land tenure system: Land is a gift of nature. We produce several things from the land. In India‚ in ancient times‚ the land belonged to the almighty or the society. Although the land is tilled by the individual farmer‚ the ultimate ownership of it rests in the government‚ who charge revenue from the individual farmer. In India there came a time when a middle man appeared on the scene. He realized revenue from the individual farmer and paid something to the government. This was not

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    Loving V Virginia Every human should be granted basic civil rights. The constitution itself claims we as American citizens are granted “life‚ liberty and the pursuit of happiness‚” but does the government always allow us these civil liberties? Life‚ yes we are all granted the right to be alive‚ but liberty and true pursuit of happiness maybe not as much. Webster defines Liberty as “The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one’s way of life”.

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    challenging the Virginia Employment Commission for unemployment compensation benefits‚ which she chose to quit her job out of religious beliefs to fallow her spouse. Issue: She is claimed to be denied of her unemployment compensation benefits because she quilted due to her religious belief and distance from her new home to her workplace. Decision: The decision was that Austin was denied of her unemployment compensation benefits not because of her religion or how far she lived from her workplace

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    Transformation of Colonial Virginia By: Gabby Pyles Early 17th century Virginia faced many social and economic hardships. Many people came to Virginia in search of treasure and gold‚ but their miracle turned into somewhat of a disaster and they were in for a ride that they were not expecting. Due to starvation and diseases‚ the beginning of 17th century Virginia was a suffering colony. Famine seemed to take over colonial Virginia. Indentured servants and slaves are what helped save Virginia during these hardships

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    expected growth rate approx. 2.2% to 2.5% or more. Reference to the approximate growth rate the expected population of district Gujrat is 2.611 million persons approximately. Out of this population 28% to 30% (expected percentage on the basis of census report 1998 with a growth rate of 2.5% as mentioned above) is located in urban area and rest is expected to be in rural areas. The ratio of Male to Female (as per census of 1998) is 1:1. With this ratio if accepted for 2009 approximate female population

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    Powhatan The Powhatan (also spelled Powatan and Powhaten)‚ is the name of a Virginia Indian[1] tribe. It is also the name of a powerful group of tribes which they dominated. It is estimated that there were about 14‚000-21‚000 of these native Powhatan people in eastern Virginia when the English settled Jamestown in 1607.[2] They were also known as Virginia Algonquians‚ as they spoke an eastern-Algonquian language known as Powhatan. In the late 16th and early 17th centuries‚ a mamanatowick (paramount

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    The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions sparked great controversy throughout the United States during 1798 and 1799. The resolutions were manifestos that protested against the Federalist Alien and Sedition Acts. The authors of the resolutions remained anonymous‚ but were written by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson‚ who were upset with how the Federalists were ruling the nation. These two republicans knew something needed to be done for the central government

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    A New Country Free of Tyranny In the summer of 1787‚ fifty-five men representing twelve of the newly independent thirteen states gathered in Philadelphia and took on the challenge of framing a constitution that satisfied the people’s need for a tyranny-free government. Just coming out of a revolution and out from under the power of a king‚ the delegates were determined to create a government free of “the accumulation of all powers…in the same hands‚ whether of one‚ a few‚ or many…”. Further reason

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    Methodology Through analysing the question it appeared important to cover the whole topic of land registration in order to understand the ‘Mirror Principle’ and its entrenchment in the English legal system. Relevant books were taken from Tremough Campus’s library and the library of the University of Manchester was also of great help during last my visit to my cousin in Manchester City. The most useful law source was the Law Commission which I accessed through ELE and Westlaw. -------------------------------------------------

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