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Interruption

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

The effect of some act or circumstance which stops the course of a prescription or act of limitations.

3 Bligh (N. S.) 444; 4 Mees. & W. 497.

Civil interruption is that which takes place by some judicial act. Natural interruption is an interruption in fact.

4 Mason (U. S.) 404; 2 Younge & J. 285.

See "Easement"; "Limitations"; "Prescription." In Scotch Law. The true proprietor's claiming his right during the course of prescription. Bell, Diet.