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28 V.I.C. § 1 Definitions
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As used in this title, unless otherwise provided or the context requires a different meaning—“conveyance” includes every instrument in writing except a last will and testament, whatever may be its form and by whatever name it may be known in law, by which any estate or interest i…
28 V.I.C. § 10 Covenant for payment in mortgage
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A mortgage does not imply a covenant for the payment of the sum thereby intended to be secured. When there is no express covenant for such payment in the mortgage, and no bond or other separate instrument to secure such payment has been given, the remedies of the mortgagee are co…
28 V.I.C. § 11 Adverse possession
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The uninterrupted, exclusive, actual, physical adverse, continuous, notorious possession of real property under claim or color of title for 15 years or more shall be conclusively presumed to give title thereto, except as against the Government.
28 V.I.C. § 2 Interest conveyed; words of inheritance not required for fee simple
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An otherwise effective inter vivos or testamentary conveyance of real property transfers the entire interest which the conveyor has and has the power to convey unless an intent to transfer a less interest is effectively manifested. No words of inheritance or other special words s…