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CPC 1908 — Section 2(12): mesne profits

wrongful possession
§ SECTION 2(12) · CPC 1908

mesne profits

What a wrongful possessor must hand back — the profits they made (or should have made) from property that wasn’t theirs, plus interest.

Bare Act — Section 2(12), CPC 1908

“mesne profits” of property means those profits which the person in wrongful possession of such property actually received or might with ordinary diligence have received therefrom, together with interest on such profits, but shall not include profits due to improvements made by the person in wrongful possession.

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