Predecessor
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Predecessor, one who has preceded another. The word predecessor has a technical signification in law, answering to successor in the case of a corporation sole, as ancestor does to heir in the case of a natural person (Burt. Comp. Pl. 378); the correlative of successor under the (English) Succession Duty Act, 1853, s. 2.
Under the (English) Landlord and Tenant Act, 1927 (17 & 18 Geo. 5, c. 36), defined in relation to a tenant or landlord, as any person through whom either respectively has derived title by assignment, will, intestacy, or operation of law.v
Under the (English) Landlord and Tenant Act, 1927 (17 & 18 Geo. 5, c. 36), defined in relation to a tenant or landlord, as any person through whom either respectively has derived title by assignment, will, intestacy, or operation of law.v
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