But cover, whether natural or artificial, is a double-edged sword. It protects birds but may also shield the approach of a hunting hawk (or a ground predator like a cat). No matter what you do, hawks will continue to kill birds if you attract birds to your yard, because it is natural.
Actual notice. Actual notice is a law term, used most frequently in civil procedure. It is notice (usually to a defendant in a civil proceeding) delivered in such a way as to give legally sufficient assurance that actual knowledge of the matter has been conveyed to the recipient. Personal service, that is, physically handing something to an individual, is usually considered the least-disputable method of giving actual notice.
Obviously, a person has actual notice of something when they or their agent becomes aware of it regardless of whether it is recorded or not. Texas is a âpure noticeâ state. That is, a subsequent purchaser for value, without actual or constructive notice of a prior claim, will take free from that claim. Here is an example of this in practice. Person A leases Blackacre to Oil Company X on February 1 and Oil Company X pays a bonus check to A on the spot.