VACANT POSSESSION,
\vˈe͡ɪkənt pəzˈɛʃən], \vˈeɪkənt pəzˈɛʃən], \v_ˈeɪ_k_ə_n_t p_ə_z_ˈɛ_ʃ_ə_n]\
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Estates. An estate which has been abandoned by the tenant; the abandonment must be complete in order to make the possession vacant, and therefore if the tenant have goods on the premises, it will not be so considered. 2 Chit. Rep. 17 7; 2 Str. 1064; Bull. N. P. 97; Comyn on Landl. & Ten. 507, 517.
By John Bouvier
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