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Meaning of Possessory action
In Old English Law. A real action, in which the plaintiff, called the demandant, sought to recover the possession of land, tenements, and hereditaments. On account of the great nicety required in its management, and the introduction of more expeditious methods of trying titles by other actions, it has been laid aside. Finch, Laws, 257; 2 Bouv. Inst, note 2640. In Louisiana. An action by which, one claims to be maintained in the possession of an immovable property, or of a right upon or growing out of it, when he has been disturbed; or to be reinstated to that possession, when he has been divested or evicted. 2 La. 227, 254. In Scotch Law. An action by which the possession of heritable or movable property may be recovered and tried. An action of molestation is one of them. Paterson, Comp. § 1058, note.
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Meaning of Possessory Action
In this law dictionary, the legal term possessory action is a kind of the Maritime law class.
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