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Indefeasibility

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in·de·fea·si·ble  (nd-fz-bl)
adj.
That cannot be annulled or made void: an indefeasible claim; indefeasible rights.

inde·feasi·bili·ty n.
inde·feasi·bly adv.


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The land titles system is based on three principles which comprise the doctrine of indefeasibility of title: the mirror, curtain, and insurance principles.
For example, whereas Justice Adam had to traverse a rough and rocky road before concluding that section 43 justified the inference that section 42 only conferred indefeasibility on purchasers but not on volunteers, some commentators have suggested that section 43 expressly refers to purchasers.
This was because, as she argues, the deposition of Charles I's second son James II and the accession of William and Mary contradicted the principles Charles had stood for, namely divine-right monarchy, the subjects' duty of obedience, and the indefeasibility of hereditary rule.
 
 
 
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