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Limitation Act 1974
11Accrual of right of action in case of present interests in land
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### 11 Accrual of right of action in case of present interests in land
> > (1) Where the person bringing an action to recover land, or some person through whom he claims –
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> > > > (a) has been in possession thereof; and
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> > > > (b) has, while entitled thereto, been dispossessed or discontinued his possession –
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> > the right of action shall be deemed to have accrued on the date of discontinuance or dispossession.
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> > (2) Where a person brings an action to recover any land of a deceased person, whether under a will or intestacy, and –
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> > > > (a) the deceased person was on the date of his death in possession of the land or, in the case of a rentcharge created by will or taking effect upon his death, in possession of the land charged; and
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> > > > (b) the deceased person was the last person entitled to the land to be in possession thereof –
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> > the right of action shall be deemed to have accrued on the date of the death of that deceased person.
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> > (3) Where a person brings an action to recover land, and –
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> > > > (a) the land so sought to be recovered is an estate or interest in possession assured, otherwise than by will, to him, or to some person through whom he claims, by a person who, at the date the assurance took effect, was in possession of the land or, in the case of a rentcharge created by the assurance, in possession of the land charged; and
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> > > > (b) no person has been in possession of the land by virtue of the assurance –
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> > the right of action shall be deemed to have accrued on the date when the assurance took effect.