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Right of way question
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Buggleskelly wrote: »Just to clarify in simple terms can someone explain what Bonavacantia means, please?
When someone dies and no beneficiaries can be found, their estate goes to the unclaimed estate division of government - that's the Bona Vacantia department.0 -
The literal translation from the Latin is 'unclaimed goods'.0
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Buggleskelly wrote: »Just to clarify in simple terms can someone explain what Bonavacantia means, please?
The Government Legal Department (Bona Vacantia Department) defines the term "bona vacantia" as meaning vacant goods and is the legal name for ownerless property, which by law passes to the crown (depending on where this is it will be the Crown or the Duchies of Cornwall or Lancaster).“Official Company Representative
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Make the gate neat and unobtrusive and make sure that it opens into your garden, not into the lane?0
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You really are over thinking this, you are entitled to put a gate in your wall, what do you have to lose?"You've been reading SOS when it's just your clock reading 5:05 "0
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How old is the house and wall? Its possible there was originally access but a previous owner decided it wasn't needed when building the wall.0
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Are you sure that it’s bona vacantia and not just unregistered?0
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I see it that the other 10 properties have the right to use the access, your property does not.0
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Johnhowell wrote: »I see it that the other 10 properties have the right to use the access, your property does not.
I'm not sure that any of us view the legal situation differently. OP acknowleges what you say in their opening post.0
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