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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/limitation-act-1980/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/58",
  "legislation_title": "Limitation Act 1980",
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  "number": "1",
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  "text": "Where the person bringing an action to recover land, or some person through whom he claims, has been in possession of the land, and has while entitled to the land been dispossessed or discontinued his possession, the right of action shall be treated as having accrued on the date of the dispossession or discontinuance.",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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