continual claim

Hist. A formal claim to a tract of land made by an out-of-possession owner who is deterred from taking possession by a menace of some type.

• The claim — called continual because it had to be renewed an-nually — preserved the claimant’s right to the land. The owner had to make the claim as near to the land as could be done safely. This procedure gave the disseised person the same benefits (such as the right to devise the land) as a legal entry. The continual claim was abolished early in the 19th century.

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资深译员Ting，亚洲顶尖法学院国际贸易专业，擅长翻译各类与国际贸易委员会调查程序相关的法律文件。