PARTITION ACTIONS- JUSTICE T B WEERASURIYA JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT
Justice T B Weerasuriya- Judge of the S C PARTITION ACTIONS Hon. Justice Weerasuriya Retired. Judge of the Supreme Court PARTITION ACTIONS The Roman Dutch Law was made the common Law by the British by a Proclamation in 1799. After the said Proclamation, the Roman Dutch Law of Partition became applicable to the Island. Subsequently, several enactments had been promulgated to regulate the procedure for partition actions. The first of such enactment was the Ordinance No.21 of 1844. The provisions of this Ordinance were meant to provide co-owners with a more certain and definite method of dividing their properties held in commonn The provisions of this Ordinance relating to partition were repealed by Ordinance No.ll of 1852. With the repeal of the provisions of Partition Ordinance No.21 of 1844, co-owners were remitted to their rights under the Roman Dutch Law, The Partition Ordinance No.10 of 1863 came into operation on ISt January
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