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    The law of real property / by the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Megarry and Sir William Wade.

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    • Title:The law of real property / by the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Megarry and Sir William Wade.
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    • Variant Title:Megarry & Wade The law of real property
      Megarry and Wade The law of real property
    • Author/Creator:Megarry, Robert, 1910-2006.
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Wade, William, 1918-2004.
      Harpum, Charles.
      Bridge, Stuart.
      Dixon, Martin (Martin J.)
    • Published/Created:London : Sweet & Maxwell, 2012.

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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Real property--England.
    • Edition:8th ed. / by Charles Harpum, Stuart Bridge and Martin Dixon.
    • Description:cclxxxv, 1,668 p. ; 24 cm
    • Notes:Previous ed.: 2008.
      Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9780414023291 (pbk)
      0414023293 (pbk)
      9780414045965 (hbk)
      0414045963 (hbk)
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction
      1. Real Property in Perspective
      2. Meaning of "Real Property"
      3. Basis of the Law of Real Property
      4. Law in Action
      5. Human Rights and Property Law
      2. Tenures And Estates
      pt. 1 Introduction
      pt. 2 Types of Tenure
      pt. 3 Reduction in the Number of Tenures
      1. Prohibition of New Tenures After 1290
      2. Tenures Abolition Act 1660
      3. 1925 Legislation
      pt. 4 Tenure and Ownership Today
      3. Estates
      pt. 1 Classification
      1. Estates of Freehold
      2. Leaseholds
      3. Remainders and Reversions
      4. Seisin
      pt. 2 Estates of Freehold
      1. Words of Limitation
      2. Nature of The Estates of Freehold
      4. Possession of Land
      pt. 1 Ownership, Possession and Title
      pt. 2 Actions for the Recovery of Land
      1. Real Actions
      2. Action of Ejectment
      3. Statutory Reforms
      5. Law And Equity
      pt. 1 General Principles
      1. Historical Basis of Equity
      2. Nature of Equitable Rights
      pt. 2 Equitable Rights Before 1926
      6. Legislative Transformation of The Law Of Real Property And The Protection Of Estates and Interests
      pt. 1 Reduction of Legal Estates to Two
      1. General Scheme
      2. Estates and Interests
      pt. 2 Protection of Estates and Interests
      1. Extension of System of Registration of Charges for Unregistered Land
      2. Registration of Title
      3. Extension of Overreaching Provisions
      4. Effect of a Sale on Legal and Equitable Rights
      5. New Equitable Interests?
      6. Personal Rights which May Affect Third Parties
      7. Registration Of Title
      pt. 1 Introduction
      pt. 2 First Registration
      pt. 3 Dealings with Registered Land
      1. Powers of Disposition
      2. Registrable Dispositions
      3. Priority of Competing Interests
      4. Notices and Restrictions
      5. Unregistered Interests which Override Registered Dispositions
      6. Charges
      7. Special Cases
      pt. 4 Registration and the Registers
      pt. 5 Indefeasibility
      pt. 6 Conveyancing
      8. Unregistered Conveyancing: Titles And Incumbrances
      pt. 1 Unregistered System in Decline
      pt. 2 Purchaser Without Notice
      pt. 3 Conveyancing Practice
      1. From Contract to Completion
      2. Conveyance
      pt. 4 Registration of Land Charges
      1. Land Charges
      2. Land Charges Register
      3. Local Land Charges Registers
      9. Perpetuities And Accumulations
      pt. 1 Vested and Contingent Future Interests
      pt. 2 Reversions
      pt. 3 Perpetuities
      1. Introduction
      2. Rule against Perpetuities
      pt. 4 Accumulations
      10. Use Of Trusts In The Law Of Real Property
      Part 1
      1. Settlements and trusts for sale prior to 1926
      2. strict settlement before 1926
      3. Trusts for sale
      Part 2
      1. Settled Land Act 1925
      2. Principal Alterations Made by the Settled Land Act 1925
      pt. 3 Trusts for Sale After 1925 and Before 1997
      pt. 4 Trusts of Land After January 1, 1997
      11. Creating Trusts of Land
      pt. 1 Classification and Types of Trust
      pt. 2 Formalities Required for the Creation of a Trust
      pt. 3 Formalities Required for the Transfer of an Interest under a Trust
      pt. 4 Trustees
      1. Appointment of Trustees
      2. Retirement and Removal of Trustees
      3. Vesting of Trust Property
      4. Procedure in the Case of Settled Land and Trusts of Land
      12. Trusts Of Land And Appointment Of Trustees Act 1996 Trusts of Land
      Overreaching under a Trust of Land
      13. Co-ownership
      pt. 1 Joint Tenancy and Tenancy in Common
      1. Nature of the Tenancies
      2. Estates in which the Tenancies could Exist
      3. Creation of the Tenancies
      4. Right of Severance
      5. Imposition of a Statutory Trust in Cases of Co-ownership
      6. Position of Settled Land
      7. Special Position of Unincorporated Associations
      8. Determination of Joint Tenancies and Tenancies in Common
      9. Conveyancing Implications of Implied Co-ownership
      14. Wills And Intestacy
      1. Freedom of Testation
      2. Nature of a Will
      3. Formalities of a Will
      4. Operation of Wills
      5. Construction of Wills
      6. Gifts in Contemplation of Death
      7. Rules of Intestacy
      8. Devolution of Legal Estates
      15. Contracts Of Sale
      pt. 1 Types of Contract
      1. Conditional Contracts
      2. Options and Rights of Pre-emption
      pt. 2 Essentials of a Valid Contract
      pt. 3 Contracts in Practice
      1. Cases Where it is Usual to have a Contract
      2. Types of Contract
      3. Terms of a Contract
      4. Effect of a Contract
      16. Proprietary Estoppel
      1. Nature of Proprietary Estoppel
      2. Historical Background
      3. Elements of Estoppel
      4. Contrast with Other Forms of Relief
      17. Nature and Creation Of Leases
      pt. 1 Introductory
      1. Nature and History of Leases
      2. Terminology
      pt. 2 Creation of Leases
      1. Essentials of a Lease
      2. Types of Leases and Tenancies
      pt. 3 Assignment of Leases and Reversions
      1. Assignment of Leases
      2. Assignment of Reversions
      18. Determination Of Tenancies
      1. By Expiry
      2. By Notice
      3. By Forfeiture
      4. By Surrender
      5. By Merger
      6. By Enlargement
      7. By Disclaimer
      8. By Frustration
      9. By Termination for Breach
      19. Common Obligations Of Landlord and Tenant
      1. Position of the Parties in the Absence of Express Provision
      2. Position of the Parties under a Lease containing the Usual Covenants
      3. Position under Certain Covenants Commonly Found in Leases
      20. Leasehold Covenants
      pt. 1 General Principles
      pt. 2 Privity: Covenants in Leases Granted Prior to 1996
      1. Privity of Contract: Liability of the Original Covenantors
      2. Privity of Estate: Position of Assignees
      pt. 3 Statutory Liability: Covenants in Leases Granted after 1995
      1. Abolition of Privity of Contract: Position of the Original Parties
      2. Position of Assignees
      21. Leasehold Conveyancing
      A. Contracts
      B. Conveyances
      C. Precedent of a Lease
      22. Security Of Tenure
      1. Statutory Restrictions on the Recovery of Possession
      2. Business Tenancies
      3. Agricultural Tenancies
      4. Residential Tenancies
      23. Fixtures
      A. Distinction between Chattels and Land
      B. Right to Remove Fixtures
      C. Rights of Third Parties
      24. Nature And Creation Of Mortgages And Charges
      pt. 1 Nature of Mortgages
      pt. 2 Creation of Mortgages
      1. Methods of Creating Legal Mortgages and Charges
      2. Methods of Creating Equitable Mortgages and Charges
      3. Form of Legal Charge
      25. Rights of the Parties Under A Mortgage Or Charge
      1. Rights of the Mortgagee or Chargee
      2. Rights Common to Both Parties
      3. Rights of the Mortgagor
      pt. 1 Transfer of Rights
      1. Death of Mortgagor
      2. Death of Mortgagee
      3. Transfer of Equity of Redemption Inter Vivos
      4. Transfer of Mortgage Inter Vivos
      5. Discharge of Mortgage
      26. Priority Of Mortgages
      1. Unregistered Land: General Rules
      2. Unregistered Land: Tacking
      3. Registered Land: Priority
      27. Nature Of Easements And Profits
      1. Nature of Easements
      2. Nature of Profits a Prendre
      28. Creation Of Easements and Profits
      A. By Statute
      B. By Express Grant or Reservation
      C. By Implied Reservation or Grant
      D. By s.62 of the Law of Property Act 1925
      E. Difference between Effects of Contract and of Grant
      F. By Presumed Grant, or Prescription
      29. Enforcement and Extinguishment Of Easements And Profits
      A. Remedies for Infringement of Easements and Profits
      B. Extinguishment of Easements and Profits a Prendre
      C. By Unity of Ownership and Possession
      30. Species of Easements And Profits
      A. Rights of Way
      B. Rights of Light
      C. Rights of Water
      D. Rights of Support
      E. Rights of Fencing
      F. Miscellaneous Easements
      G. Species of Profits a Prendre
      H. Rights of Access to Neighbouring Land
      I. Party Walls
      31. Other Incorporeal Hereditaments
      pt. 1 Incorporeal Hereditaments
      pt. 2 Rentcharges
      1. Nature of Rentcharges
      2. Abolition of Rentcharges
      3. Creation and Transfer of Rentcharges
      4. Means of Enforcing Payment of Rentcharges
      5. Apportionment of Rentcharges
      6. Extinguishment of Rentcharges
      32. Freehold Covenants
      1. Position at Law
      2. In Equity: Restrictive Covenants
      3. Declaration as to Restrictive Covenants
      4. Discharge of Restrictive Covenants
      5. Restrictive Covenants and Planning
      6. Restrictive Covenants and Compulsory Acquisition
      7. Restrictive Covenants and Race Relations
      33. Commonhold
      34. Licences
      1. Nature of a Licence
      2. Types of Licences
      3. Revocability of Licences
      4. Licences and Third Parties
      5. Matrimonial Homes
      35. Adverse Possession And Limitation
      pt. 1 General Principles
      pt. 2 Length of the Limitation Period or Period of Adverse Possession
      pt. 3 Running of Time
      1. When Time Begins to Run
      2. Postponement of the Period
      3. Starting Time Running Afresh
      pt. 4 Effect of the Lapse of Time
      1. Title to Land
      2. Arrears of Income
      pt. 5 Adverse Possession of Registered Land
      1. General Principles
      36. Disabilities
      1. Minors
      2. Mental Incapacity
      3. Charities
      APPENDIX
      Successive Interests: Settled Land
      1. Other Provisions Relating to Settled Land
      Contents note continued: 2. Overreaching Effect of Dispositions.
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