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Glebe

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Glebe, the land possessed as part of the property of an ecclesiastical benefice.

The soil of an inheritance; an agrarian estate, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 698.

As to sale of glebe, and offer thereof for the purpose of allotments, see the (English) Glebe Lands Act, 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 20), and the (English) Glebe Land Sale Rules made by the Land Commissioners (now the Ministry of Agriculture) thereunder; and as to letting glebe on lease up to 14 years with consent of patron and bishop, see (English) Ecclesiastical Leases Act, 1842 (5 & 6 Vict. c. 27); and as to the hiring of glebe land for small holdings and allotments, see the (English) Small Holdings and Allotments Act, 1908 (8 Edw. 7, c. 36); 1926 (16 & 17 Geo. 5, c. 52); and see (English) Housing Act, 1936. Consult Key and Elphinstone's Prec.

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