Section 181 — Land Transfer Act 1952: Plaintiffs to be nonsuited if laches proved
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181 Plaintiffs to be nonsuited if laches proved The plaintiff in any such action, or the plaintiff in an action for the recovery of land, shall be nonsuited in any case in which the loss or deprivation complained of has been occasioned through the bringing of land under any of the Land Transfer Acts, if it is made to appear to the satisfaction of the Court before which the action is tried that the plaintiff, or the person through or under whom he claims title, had notice, by personal service or otherwise, or was aware that application had been made to bring the land under any of the Land Transfer Acts, and had wilfully, negligently, or collusively either omitted to lodge a caveat or allowed a caveat to lapse. Compare: 1915 No 35 s 196
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