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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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INVERT, v. Sc. Law usage in phr. to invert possession, to exercise proprietory rights over the property of another, esp. of a tenant using the subjects for a purpose not provided for by his lease. Hence n. inversion.Sc. 1826 Session Cases (1825–6) 683:
An inversion which the landlord is entitled at common law to prevent.Sc. 1866 Session Cases (1865–6) 456:
A warrant to invert possession cannot be granted to one party if the other party can obtain interdict to protect the possession.Sc. 1896 W. K. Morton Manual 124:
The rights of the tenant are to the full use and enjoyment of the subject in the manner contemplated in the lease, but not in any other manner, or, as it is termed, without inversion of possession.Sc. 1933 H. Burn-Murdoch Interdict 135–7:
A party who seeks to invert the possession of another or to innovate upon the status quo to the detriment of another, has the onus of proving his right to do this. . . . Interim interdict can only be granted against a new or very recent inversion of possession.Sc. 1956 Banffshire Jnl. (27 Nov.) 8:
The defender had inverted possession by erecting the three poles . . . The poles were an inversion of possession.