Land rights and judicial uses of "quiet and peaceful possession": Cachapoal River Valley, 1820-1835

The article aims to approach the judicial uses of the figure «quiet and peaceful possession» by small and medium farmers of the Cachapoal river valley in Chile (1820-1835). This context witnessed conflicts that were the result of the rise in land value and the formalization of possessions. This rese...

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Autores principales: Peñailillo, Víctor Brangier, Polotto, María Rosario
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spelling I33-R139-123456789-197372025-04-12T05:01:47Z Land rights and judicial uses of "quiet and peaceful possession": Cachapoal River Valley, 1820-1835 Peñailillo, Víctor Brangier Polotto, María Rosario DERECHO A LA PROPIEDAD CONFLICTOS TERRITORIALES JURISPRUDENCIA The article aims to approach the judicial uses of the figure «quiet and peaceful possession» by small and medium farmers of the Cachapoal river valley in Chile (1820-1835). This context witnessed conflicts that were the result of the rise in land value and the formalization of possessions. This research was based on a sample of land rights lawsuits. A representative case study was selected, consisting of two lawsuits that involved a conflict of over 50 years among a multitude of relatives and neighbors. The trials showed that the judicial uses of «quiet and peaceful possession» were conditioned by the specificity of this scenario. In a space without vacant land, with the reformulation of old possession agreements and with a judicial praxis based on the witness testimonies, the litigants interpreted this figure within the dyad of the land that was labored on or abandoned, based on the notion of continuous and ancient possession. 2025-04-11T13:21:07Z 2025-04-11T13:21:07Z 2023 Artículo 2612-1972 https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/19737 10.1408/114576 eng Atribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf Chile Il Mulino Quaderni Storici. 174, 2023.
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topic DERECHO A LA PROPIEDAD
CONFLICTOS TERRITORIALES
JURISPRUDENCIA
spellingShingle DERECHO A LA PROPIEDAD
CONFLICTOS TERRITORIALES
JURISPRUDENCIA
Peñailillo, Víctor Brangier
Polotto, María Rosario
Land rights and judicial uses of "quiet and peaceful possession": Cachapoal River Valley, 1820-1835
topic_facet DERECHO A LA PROPIEDAD
CONFLICTOS TERRITORIALES
JURISPRUDENCIA
description The article aims to approach the judicial uses of the figure «quiet and peaceful possession» by small and medium farmers of the Cachapoal river valley in Chile (1820-1835). This context witnessed conflicts that were the result of the rise in land value and the formalization of possessions. This research was based on a sample of land rights lawsuits. A representative case study was selected, consisting of two lawsuits that involved a conflict of over 50 years among a multitude of relatives and neighbors. The trials showed that the judicial uses of «quiet and peaceful possession» were conditioned by the specificity of this scenario. In a space without vacant land, with the reformulation of old possession agreements and with a judicial praxis based on the witness testimonies, the litigants interpreted this figure within the dyad of the land that was labored on or abandoned, based on the notion of continuous and ancient possession.
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author Peñailillo, Víctor Brangier
Polotto, María Rosario
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Polotto, María Rosario
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title Land rights and judicial uses of "quiet and peaceful possession": Cachapoal River Valley, 1820-1835
title_short Land rights and judicial uses of "quiet and peaceful possession": Cachapoal River Valley, 1820-1835
title_full Land rights and judicial uses of "quiet and peaceful possession": Cachapoal River Valley, 1820-1835
title_fullStr Land rights and judicial uses of "quiet and peaceful possession": Cachapoal River Valley, 1820-1835
title_full_unstemmed Land rights and judicial uses of "quiet and peaceful possession": Cachapoal River Valley, 1820-1835
title_sort land rights and judicial uses of "quiet and peaceful possession": cachapoal river valley, 1820-1835
publisher Il Mulino
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