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Land Certificate

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Land certificate, means a document entitling a person to receive from the government a certain amount of land by following prescribed legal steps. It contains an official description of the land, as well as the name and address of the person receiving the entitlement, and is prima facie evidence of the truth of the matters it contains. Also termed land warrant, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 882.

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