Right of entry

Right of entry

Right of entry refers to one's right to take or resume possession of land, or the right of a person to go onto another's real property without committing trespass. It also refers to a grantor's power to retake real estate from a grantee in the case of a fee simple subject to condition subsequent.


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  • right of entry — 1 a: the legal right of taking or resuming possession of real property in a peaceable manner b: power of termination at power 2b c: the legal right to enter upon real property of another for a special purpose (as to show leased proper …   Law dictionary

  • right of entry — noun the legal right to take possession of real estate in a peaceable manner (Freq. 2) • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑legal right * * * 1. a …   Useful english dictionary

  • right of entry — The right to the possession of certain land. See Cecil v Clark, 44 W Va 659, 666, 30 SE 216. See re entry; re entry for condition broken …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • right of entry — noun Where a grantor has created a fee simple subject to condition subsequent, and the condition of the grant has come to pass, the right of the grantor to physically reclaim ownership of the land. Syn: power of termination, right of reentry …   Wiktionary

  • give right of entry to — index admit (give access) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • entry — en·try n pl en·tries 1: the privilege of entering real property see also right of entry 2: the act of entering real property a warrantless entry by the officer see also trespass …   Law dictionary

  • right — / rīt/ n [Old English riht, from riht righteous] 1 a: qualities (as adherence to duty or obedience to lawful authority) that together constitute the ideal of moral propriety or merit moral approval b: something that is morally just able to… …   Law dictionary

  • entry — The act of making or entering a record; a setting down in writing of particulars; or that which is entered; an item. Generally synonymous with recording. In re Labb, D.C.N.Y., 42 F.Supp. 542, 544. See also enroll Enter, in practice, means to… …   Black's law dictionary

  • entry — The act of making or entering a record; a setting down in writing of particulars; or that which is entered; an item. Generally synonymous with recording. In re Labb, D.C.N.Y., 42 F.Supp. 542, 544. See also enroll Enter, in practice, means to… …   Black's law dictionary

  • entry — noun 1 right to enter sth ADJECTIVE ▪ free ▪ The club offers free entry to women on Thursdays. ▪ college, school, university (esp. BrE) VERB + ENTRY …   Collocations dictionary

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