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Disturbance

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Disturbance, annoyance; also the wrongful obstruction of the owner of an incorporeal hereditament in its exercise or enjoyment. There are five sorts of this injury, viz., disturbance of (1) franchise, (2) common, (3) ways, (4) tenure, and (5) patronage, 3 Steph. Com. As to compensation for disturbance under the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923 (13 & 14 Geo. 5, c. 9), see s. 12, ibid.

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