Latin Phrases
Quic quid plantatur solo solo cedit
What is anything attached to the land becomes part of the land
In common law classfication, how does one describe legal rights not capable of physical possession?
choses in action
This case set out the seminal common-law test to determine whether an object had become a fixture
What is Holland v Hodgson
This type of Estate only passed to the fruit of one person's loins
What is a fee tail estate?
This is the seminal case on the requirements that squatters must meet to gain an adverse title
What is Pye v Graham?
animus possedendi
What is the intention to possess?
In the common law, this term describes rents, easements and remainder interests
What are 'incorporeal hereditaments'?
These three countries abolish the quic quid doctrine in landlord/tenant cases
What are Barbados, Belize and Guyana
The defences of waiver and estoppel apply at the potential end of this estate
What is a conditional fee, or fee simple with condition subsequent?
The Estate of George Wills was able to obtain a possessory title against Elma Wills because George had successfully done this to Elma
What is 'ousted'?
cuius est solum eius est usque ad caelum ad inferos
The property owner owns from the heavens above to the depths of the earth
In St. Lucia, this term describes leases over 9 years
What is an 'emphyteusis'?
This famous Caribbean judge restated Holland v Hodgson to cover chattel house cases
Who is Chief Justice Wooding
This word means entitled to immediate occupation and enjoyment of the land, or receiving rents from tenants on the land
What is possession?
This case which included the former doctrines of mistake, implied consent and future inconsistent use, has been overruled and is no longer good law
What is Leigh v Jack?
cestui qui vie
Who is the person whose life is measured for a life estate?
In St. Lucia, this term describes lands, steam-mills, water-mills, wind-mills and buildings
What is 'immovable by nature'?
In this case, the court discussed, obiter, whether carpets and carpet tiles were ever removed for cleaning
What is Botham v TSB Bank?
A life tenant is not usually held liable for failing to spend money on the property, also called this
What is permissive waste?
This term refers to successive squatters adding each other's time to exclude the paper owner
What is 'tacking'?
profit a prendre
Under the St. Lucia Civil Code, a thing or property when appropriated and has an owner and the rights in remto which they are subject
What is a bien?
Although both wooden structures in Burke v Bernard and O'Brien Loans v Missick were very sturdy, this factor was one of the important differences between the two cases
What is the status of the owner as landowner or tenant?
These three terms all describe how an interest in land may pass after a temporary interest ends
What are reversion, remainder and executory limitaton?
What is a peppercorn rent?