Law Dictionary
Letter A
Alms Houses
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Alms-houses. Houses given by charitable persons for poor persons to live in free of charge are very numerous in this country. They are exempt from property tax, see (English) Income Tax Act,. 1918 (8 & 9 Geo. 5, c. 40), s. 37, and subsequent (English) Finance Acts, and in respect of revenues payable to them before 1693 from land tax, by the (English) Land Tax Act, 1797 (38 Geo. 3, c. 5).
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