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Also , purchase is called the possession of lands or tene- ments that a man hath by his deed or agreement , unto which possession he cometh not by title of descent from any of his ancestors , or of his cousins , but by his own deed .
Also , purchase is called the possession of lands or tene- ments that a man hath by his deed or agreement , unto which possession he cometh not by title of descent from any of his ancestors , or of his cousins , but by his own deed .
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| Title | Select Cases and Other Authorities on the Law of Property, Volume 1 Issues 10206-10259 of 19th-century legal treatises Select Cases and Other Authorities on the Law of Property, John Chipman Gray |
| Author | John Chipman Gray |
| Publisher | C. W. Sever, 1888 |
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