Tulk v Moxhay
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Tulk v Moxhay is an 1848 English Court of Chancery decision that established the enforceability in equity of restrictive covenants against subsequent purchasers of land who have notice of them.
All labels observed (1)
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| Tulk v Moxhay canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6919448 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tulk v Moxhay Context triple: [Court of Chancery, notableCase, Tulk v Moxhay]
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A.
Tullistes
Tullistes are the inhabitants of the French city of Tulle, located in the Corrèze department in central France.
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B.
Mook en Middelaar
Mook en Middelaar is a municipality in the Dutch province of Limburg, known for its rural character and location along the Maas River near the German border.
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C.
Yürüyen Köşk
Yürüyen Köşk is a historic seaside pavilion in Yalova, Turkey, famous for being moved intact to avoid cutting down a nearby tree at Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s request.
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D.
Fludd
Fludd is a darkly comic novel by Hilary Mantel that explores faith, doubt, and small-town Catholic life in a remote English village.
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E.
Małe Swornegacie
Małe Swornegacie is a small village in northern Poland known for its picturesque lakeside setting and access to water-based recreation in the Kashubian region.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tulk v Moxhay Target entity description: Tulk v Moxhay is an 1848 English Court of Chancery decision that established the enforceability in equity of restrictive covenants against subsequent purchasers of land who have notice of them.
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A.
Tullistes
Tullistes are the inhabitants of the French city of Tulle, located in the Corrèze department in central France.
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B.
Mook en Middelaar
Mook en Middelaar is a municipality in the Dutch province of Limburg, known for its rural character and location along the Maas River near the German border.
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C.
Yürüyen Köşk
Yürüyen Köşk is a historic seaside pavilion in Yalova, Turkey, famous for being moved intact to avoid cutting down a nearby tree at Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s request.
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D.
Fludd
Fludd is a darkly comic novel by Hilary Mantel that explores faith, doubt, and small-town Catholic life in a remote English village.
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E.
Małe Swornegacie
Małe Swornegacie is a small village in northern Poland known for its picturesque lakeside setting and access to water-based recreation in the Kashubian region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Court of Chancery decision
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English court case ⓘ land law case ⓘ leading case ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
restrictive covenants
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successors in title ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
equity
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land law ⓘ property law ⓘ |
| bindingOn | subsequent purchasers with notice ⓘ |
| category |
1848 in case law
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Court of Chancery cases ⓘ English property case ⓘ |
| citationStatus | leading authority on restrictive covenants ⓘ |
| country |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| court | Court of Chancery ⓘ |
| covenantType | negative covenant ⓘ |
| dateDecided | 1848 ⓘ |
| decisionYear | 1848 ⓘ |
| enforcedBy | court of equity ⓘ |
| established | enforceability in equity of restrictive covenants against subsequent purchasers with notice ⓘ |
| holding |
a purchaser of land with notice of a restrictive covenant will be restrained in equity from acting in breach of it
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the burden of a restrictive covenant can run in equity to bind successors in title who take with notice ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of the law of covenants running with land
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equitable servitudes doctrine in common law jurisdictions ⓘ modern English land law ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | England and Wales ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
burden of a covenant running in equity
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notice in equity ⓘ restrictive covenant binding successors ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalPrinciple | restrictive covenants may be enforced in equity against subsequent purchasers with notice ⓘ |
| legalSystem | common law ⓘ |
| notedFor |
distinguishing between legal and equitable enforcement of covenants
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foundation of the modern doctrine of restrictive covenants in English law ⓘ |
| party |
Moxhay
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Tulk ⓘ |
| remedy | injunction ⓘ |
| requires |
notice of the covenant
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that the covenant be intended to benefit land retained by the covenantee ⓘ that the covenant be restrictive in nature ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
agreement to keep land as an open garden or square
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use of land in Leicester Square, London ⓘ |
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Subject: Tulk v Moxhay Description of subject: Tulk v Moxhay is an 1848 English Court of Chancery decision that established the enforceability in equity of restrictive covenants against subsequent purchasers of land who have notice of them.
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