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Abandonment Controlling party giving up rights to property voluntarily.
abandonment An intentional surrender, disclaimer, or termination of ownership with no stated intention regarding who the next owner should be. Legally requires some external evidence of an intention to abandon; simply neglecting property will not suffice. Differs from surrender, which requires that someone accept the property,and from forfeiture,which is unintentional loss of property.Abandoned property will generally revert to someone with a prior claim,such as an abandoned leasehold reverting to the landlord or an abandoned easement reverting to the landowner. Sometimes abandoned property will escheat to the state.How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Richard has spent his summers at an abandoned house in the woods
near his home since childhood, but this year a new family's moved
in--and draws them into their strange circle. SAUGUS - An abandoned house on the outskirts of a local movie ranch
went up in flames Thursday afternoon. She is ripe for someone
like Frank, an older man who drives past Bessie's field every day
at the same time, and then one day stops the car and invites Andi into
part of his world, the part where they tryst in an abandoned house and
he exploits her for sex. |
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