Fruit
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Fruit, as to larceny of and damage to, see Larceny Act, 1916, s. 8(3), and Malicious Damage Act, 1861, ss. 23, 24; as to compensation to market garden tenant for fruit trees and fruit bushes, see ss. 48 and 49 and Sched. III. Of the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923, which repealed and replaced the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1908, which itself had replaced the Market Gardeners Compensation Act, 1895, see Saunders-Jacob v. Yates, (1933) 2 KB 240 (market garden includes part of private premises so treated). As to importation and marking of foreign fruit, see AGRICULTURAL ACTS (marketing-produce-returns).
In Webster Comprehensive Dictionary, International Edition at p. 509, the word 'fruit' has been defined, the edible, pulpy mass, covering the seeds of various plants and trees. They are classified as fleshy, as gourds, melons, oranges, apples, pears, berries, etc. drupaceous as cherries, peaches, plums, apricots, and others containing stones; dry as nuts, capsuls, ashenia, follicles, legumes, etc., Bharuch Trading Company v. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, 1992 Supp (1) SCC 298: AIR 1991 SC 494.
1. The produce or product of something as land or property 2. Income of goods derived or produced from property without a diminution of property's value, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.
In Webster Comprehensive Dictionary, International Edition at p. 509, the word 'fruit' has been defined, the edible, pulpy mass, covering the seeds of various plants and trees. They are classified as fleshy, as gourds, melons, oranges, apples, pears, berries, etc. drupaceous as cherries, peaches, plums, apricots, and others containing stones; dry as nuts, capsuls, ashenia, follicles, legumes, etc., Bharuch Trading Company v. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, 1992 Supp (1) SCC 298: AIR 1991 SC 494.
1. The produce or product of something as land or property 2. Income of goods derived or produced from property without a diminution of property's value, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.
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