List of earls. This is a list of present and extant earls in the Peerages of the England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Note that it does not include extant earldoms which have become merged (either through marriage or elevation) with marquessates or dukedoms and are today only seen as subsidiary titles.
The right to possession which may reside in one man, while another has the actual possession, being the right to enter and turn out such actual occupant; e. p., the right of a disseisee. An apparent right of possession is one which may be defeated by a better; an actual right of possession, one which wlll stand the test against all opponents. 2 Bl. Comm. 196.
Open and Notorious Possession: Possession that is held by an adverse possessor in a manner that the true owner of the property would be likely to discover in the ordinary course of events or in the ordinary course of the true owner inspecting his or her property.) the possessor must have actually entered the property and must have exclusive possession of the property; 2) the possession must be âopen and notoriousâ; 3) the possession must be adverse to the rightful owner and under a claim of right; and. 4) the possession must be âcontinuousâ for the statutory period.