by Megarry and Wade Custom is best interpreter of laws: “optima est legum interpes constuetudo” when a custom is public, peaceable, uniform, general, continued, reasonable and certain and has lasted “time whereof the memory of man runneth to the contrary”, it acquires the force of law… Customary law can become...
Law of Real Property – Chapter 3 & 4
by Megarry & Wade Chapter 3: Estates The Complex Nature of Land Ownership: By the Doctrines of Estates indicate an interest in land of some particular duration, where coupled with the permanence of land, as opposed to destructible chattels, makes the law a lot more complex. As by the Estate,...