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Limitation and Prescription Act.

Country/Territory
Barbados
Document type
Legislation
Date
1891 (1997)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Laws of Barbados, pp. 1-5.
Long title
An Act to consolidate and amend the Acts of Barbados relating to limitation and prescription.
Subject
Land & soil, Water
Keyword
Ownership Servitude Prescription/adverse possession Inland waters Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Water rights Traditional rights/customary rights
Geographical area
Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States
Abstract

This Act concerns the validity of claims of prescription which may be lawfully made at common law or by custom to any way or other easement or to any watercourse or to the use of any water, to be enjoyed or derived upon, over or from any land or water. The Act, among other things, sets out criteria for the computation of the period after which a claim shall be held valid.

Full text
English