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Import

to which this Act extends from a place outside those territories. [Insecticides Act, 1968 (46 of 1968), s. 3 (d)] Means bringing into India. [Aircraft Act, 1934 (22 of 1934), s. 2 (3)] Means to bring into

Local authority

degree of autonomy serving as administrative units for state services, Dictionary of Political Science, Joseph Dunner, 1965, p. 321. Means a municipal corporation, a municipal council, a Nagar Panchayat, an Industrial Township, a Cantonment Board, a Village

Motor Car

of such type as may be specified in regulation made by the secretary of state, does not exceed 3,050 kilograms; (2) if it is constructed or adapted for use for the conveyance of goods or burden of

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Pension

repealed by the (English) Consolidating Old Age Pensions Act, 1936 (26 Geo. 5 and 1 Edw. 8, c. 31). These conditions are contained in s. 2 of the Act of 1936, as follows:- 2. The statutory conditions

Perpetuity

for the creation of future estates and interests, Walsh v. Secretary of State for India, (1863) 10 HLC 367. Perpetuity, unlimited duration; exemption from intermission or ceasing, where, though all who have interest should join in a

Roman Catholics

any person bringing into this country any Agnus Dei, cross, picture, etc., from Rome; an Act of James, 3 Jac. 1, c. 5, penalizing the sale or purchase of Popish primers; and an Act of William and

Tenant

of a non-residential building, his heirs. [U.P. Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972, s. 3(a)] Means a person who holds land under another person, and is, or but for a special contract, would

Married women's property

wife's property not being deemed sufficient by the Legislature, the (English) Married Women's Property Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 93) (amended in 1874 by 37 & 38 Vict. c. 50), enacted (inter alia) that the

Wife

divorced wife, Capt. Ramesh Chander Kaushal v. Veena Kaushal, AIR 1978 SC 1807: (1978) 4 SCC 70: (1978) 3 SCR 782. The word 'wife' is not defined in the Code except indicating in the Explanation its inclusive

Trust

another (the settlor) for the benefit of a third party (the beneficiary), Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1513. A trust is simply a confidence, reposed either ex-pressly or impliedly in a person (hence called the trustee), … the trust is created, Baba Jamuna Das Mahanth v. Prescribed Authority, Urban Land Ceiling, Gorakhpur, AIR 1984 All 357. Means the right, enforceable solely in equity, to the beneficial enjoyment of property to which another person holds

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