{"id":11076,"date":"2017-12-19T00:06:51","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T00:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=11076"},"modified":"2017-12-19T00:06:51","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T00:06:51","slug":"possessory-action-an-action-to-obtain-recover-or-maintain-possession-of-personal-or-real-property-but-not-title-to-it","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=11076","title":{"rendered":"Possessory Action – an action to obtain, recover, or maintain possession of personal or real property, but not title to it"},"content":{"rendered":"

possessory action<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span>
\n (17c)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. An action to obtain, recover, or maintain possession<\/a> of property<\/a> but not title<\/a> to it, such as an action to evict a nonpaying tenant.<\/strong> \u2014 aka possessorium<\/strong><\/em><\/span>. [1]
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

1. An action brought to recover possession of property.\u00a0 An action to recover possession of real estate, such as ejectment.\u00a0 An action to recovery possession of personal property, such as replevin.<\/span><\/strong>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In Louisiana, an action to recover the possession of personal property is called a possessory action.\u00a0 Preston v Sabrisky<\/em>, 2 La 226, 227<\/span>.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. An action brought to recover the possession of property, whether real property or personal property (EXAMPLES: eviction; replevin).<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Excerpt from A.N. Yiannopoulos’s Property: The Law of Things, Real Rights, Real Actions<\/em><\/a> (4th ed. 2001):<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThe possessory action is available for the protection of the possession of corporeal immovables as well as for the protection of the quasi-possession or real rights in immovable property.\u00a0 It is distinguished from the petitory action which is available for the recognition and enforcement of ownership or of real rights in another\u2019s immovable, such as a usufruct, limited personal servitudes, and predial servitudes.<\/span>\u201d<\/strong> [4]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black\u2019s Law <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Dictionary\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>Deluxe<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Tenth<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>by<\/b><\/span><\/strong> Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Ballantine\u2019s Law <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Dictionary\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>with<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Pronunciations<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>
\n<\/span><\/a><\/em>Third Edition<\/a>\u00a0by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]: Ballantine\u2019s Law <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Dictionary\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>Legal<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Assistant<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by<\/b><\/span><\/strong> Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[4]: A.N. Yiannopoulos, Property: The Law of Things, Real Rights, Real Actions<\/em><\/a> 5 333, at 653 (4th ed. 2001).<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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