acts of dominion

09:28 Nov 20, 2023
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Law/Patents - Law (general)
English term or phrase: acts of dominion
Defendants committed distinct acts of dominion wrongfully exerted over company’s property.

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Sylvie André
France
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4exercice d'une emprise, appropriations
Germaine
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Project Jurisprudence
Anastasia Kalantzi

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exercice d'une emprise, appropriations


Explanation:
Les défendeurs ont illicitement exercé une emprise sur certains biens de la société. ou encore: ...se sont approprié illicitement certains biens...

exercer une emprise, s'approprier - appropriation
VEDETTE: dominion (n.)
SOURCE 1: Parker v. British Airways (1992), 2 WLR 503, p. 513.
MATIÈRE: possession
RENVOIS ANAL. (V. AUSSI): control (n.) (82439)
(contexte) One can imagine cases where a chattel is abandoned by its first owner and may then become the property of someone else, perhaps a landowner who exercises control and dominion over it.
(contexte) We have traced the need for there to be a parting with dominion over the subject matter of the gift, i.e. with the ability to control it, to the judgment of Lord Kenyon CJ in Hawkins v. Blewitt (1798), 170 E.R. 489 at 490 ((...)).
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Par exemple:
The fact of the officers or employees of the government selling the hay was tantamount to an act of dominion (dominium) (...) If the purchaser has exercised acts of dominion over the goods, as by parting with the property...
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Germaine
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Reference: Project Jurisprudence

Reference information:
https://www.projectjurisprudence.com/2018/10/acts-of-strict-...
DOMINION
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion

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https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/dominion-l...

Anastasia Kalantzi
Greece
Native speaker of: Greek

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neutral  Daryo: The first ref. is relevant - the other two are about politics / international relations and have NOTHING to do with this text.
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