History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.1357

v4.c64.1357

Possession (see under 'title'); adverse p. against minors and others 328; divergence of views about the relation of title to 317; exception to the rule of loss of ownership by long 327; for three generations without break prevails over bare title 319; long p. not mentioned in ancient works as a source of ownership 317; meaning of *tripuruṣa* p. 318; meaning of long p. 320-321; must have five characteristics in order to be valid 318; of agnates and cognates is not necessarily adverse 326; of one co-owner is ordinarily for all co-owners 327; one who pleaded mere possession and no title was deemed a thief 318; periods of adverse p. that gave rise to ownership acc. to different writers 323; principal mode of transfer was delivery of 319; some texts prescribe for loss of ownership short periods of 325-326; was nine points of law in ancient India 431.