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Title:The Allodial title to land
Author:Woodman, G.R.ISNI
Year:1968
Periodical:University of Ghana Law Journal
Volume:5
Issue:2
Pages:79-114
Language:English
Geographic term:Ghana
Subjects:customary law
land law
Abstract:The article describes the customary law interest in land which was not traditionally held by a tenant from a lord. The sources primarily relied upon are case-law and legal textbook. Parts of the article: 1. Acquisition - 2. Loss (Loss through legislation - The possibility of alienation to an individual) - 3. The incidents of the allodial title (Vacant communal land - Land held by citizens on the usefructuary tenure - land granted by communities to strangers - Conclusions) - 4. Head and subordinate communities (Grants of communal lands - Rights of enjoyment of members - The power to litigate Which title is dependent).