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Land Law

ABANDONED PROPERTY

Application of the Abandoned Property (Custody and Management) Edict No. 8 1966

Laws of Rivers State, 1.

Burden on party claiming abandoned property was sold to him, 2.

Can a person desert his property without the intention to desert it? 3.

Condition for validity of sale of abandoned property, 4.

Does the nullification of the Rivers State Lands (Cancellation of Leases) Edict No. 15 of

1972 by a Supreme Court apply ipso facto to every case? 5.

Need for approval of transaction by the Military Governor under S. 15 of the Abandoned

Property (Custody and Management) Edict 1969., 6.

Purpose and scope of Abandoned Property (Custody and Management) Edict No. 8 of

1969 (Law of River State), 7.

Purpose of immunity provided under Section 3(1) of the Abandoned Properties Decree

of 1979., 8.

ABSENCE OF GOVERNORS CONSENT

Wrongful act of defendant against plaintiff with defendant alleging tenancy agreement

illegal, 9.

ACQUIESCENCE

Pleading acquiescence, 10.

Presumed acquiescence will not grant occupational right, 11.

Standing by, laches and acquiescence, 12.

ACQUISITION OF LAND

Can an acquiring authority divest a person of his interest and vest same in another

person, 13.

Capacity of plaintiff to seek relief under the construction of contract, 14.

Compulsory acquisition of State Land, 15.

Conveyance of absolute interest under native law and custom, 16.

Intention of Public Lands Acquisition Decree 1976., 17.

Object, purport and scope of Public Lands Acquisition Miscellaneous Provisions De-

cree No, 33 of 1976., 18.

Public lands acquisition law in Bendel State, 19.

Purpose of Public Lands Acquisition Act, 20.

Requirement of valid publication of acquisition of land, 21.

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What is public purpose? 22.

ACQUISITION OF LAND BY GOVERNMENT

Can land acquired for public purpose revert to the original owner? 23.

Claimant with no interest in land is not entitled to notice of acquisition, 24.

Conflicting claims for compensation on acquired land, 25.

Entitlement to compensation for acquisition of land, 26.

Government compulsorily acquiring land from a citizen on guise of public use and giving

it to another citizen for private use, 27.

Need to issue notice of acquisition of land, 28.

Valid mode of acquisition of Land by Government, 29.

ACQUISITION OF LAND UNDER BINI CUSTOM

Acquisition of land under Ishan customary law, 30.

Can an acquiring authority divest a person of his interest and vest it in another person?,

31.

Capacity of plaintiff to seek relief under the construction of contract, 32.

Conveyance of absolute interest under native law and custom, 33.

Intention of Public Lands Acquisition Decree 1976., 34.

Object, purport and scope of Public Lands Acquisition Miscellaneous Provisions De-

cree No. 33 of 1976., 35.

Purpose of Public Lands Acquisition Act, 36.

Requirement of valid publication of Acquisition of land, 37.

What is public purpose? 38.

ACTION FOR POSSESSION OF LAND

When title is put in issue in an action for possession, 39.

ACTION FOR RECOVERY OF LAND

Period of limitation of action for recovery of land in Eastern States, 40.

When a right of action to recover land accrues to purposes of Section 40 of the Limita-

tion Law of Lagos State, 41.

ACTION FOR TRESPASS

Appropriateness of a claim for accounts and mesne profits in an action for trespass, 42.

Claim for damages for trespass and injunction, 43.

Claim for trespass that is coupled with a claim for an injunction, 44.

Court will grant an ancillary claim for injunction where damages are payable for trespass

to land, 45.

Right of action for trespass, 46.

Who can maintain an action in trespass? 47.

ACTION INVOLVING INTEREST IN LAND

When action involving land survives death of litigant, 48.

Witnesses required in land cases, 49.

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ACTS OF DEFENDANT ON LAND

Whether acts of defendant on land constitutes merely user of the land not inconsistent

with right of plaintiff, 50.

ADMISSIONS MADE IN LAND MATTER

Admission made by a party’s kith & kin in a land matter, 51.

ALIENATION OF LAND BY MORTGAGE

Alienation of land without consent of the Governor, 52.

Can a landowner grant land absolutely to his children during his lifetime? 53.

Condition precedent to alienation of statutory right of occupancy, 54.

Duty on holder of right of occupancy to obtain consent of appropriate authority before

alienation of his right, 55.

Failure to obtain consent to alienate land, 56.

Failure to obtain consent to mortgage, 57.

Mode and proof of alienation of land under Native Law and Custom, 58.

Requirement of consent of appropriate authority before alienation of land, 59.

Should an agreement to sell land before obtaining Governor’s counsel be declared void?

60.

ALIENATION OF LAND INTER VIVOS

A mere fact of possession for a long time does not assert absolute ownership, 61.

Acquiring land by pledge, 62.

Alienation of family land, 63.

Alienation of family property by partitioning, 64.

Concurrence of the members of the family in order to constitute an unimpeachable sale

of family land, 65.

Consent of principal members of family necessary in a sale of land, 66.

Declaration of title based on conveyance by original owners, 67.

Gift of land by an illiterate, 68.

Head of family has power to dispose of family land without the members consent in

extreme cases, 69.

Individual ownership of land is foreign to native ideas, 70.

Interest conferred on a kola tenant, 71.

Land given for services rendered confers absolute ownership on the recipient, 72.

Land held under kola tenancy cannot be alienated by will, 73.

Land held under kola tenancy, 74.

Legal validity of alienation, 75.

Native custom as to partition of land, 76.

Priority of selection between the parties entitled to share in the partition, 77.

Sale of family land by head of family as his personal private property is void, 78.

Sale of family land by head of family without consent of other members, 79.

Sale of family land without consent of family head, 80.

Sale of family landed property in a private capacity by any member of the family, 81.

Temporary occupation of land unknown to Native Law and Custom, 82.

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