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Copyhold

he may lease for any number of years. (8) Copyholds are liable to all sorts of debts, by 3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 104, and the (English) Judgments Act, 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 110).

Building

Acts Amendment Act,1907 (c. 53) (now repealed); and see also Southend-on-Sea Corporation v. Archer, (1901) 70 LJ KB 328; South Shields Corporation v. Wilson, (1901) 84 LT 267. An old railway carriage will be a 'new building'

Judgment

s. 494 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1898, State of Bihar v. Ram Naresh Pandey, AIR 1957 SC 389: (1957) SCR 279. (S. 494 of Cr PC, 1898). The word 'judgment' under s. 66(5) of the Act

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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

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

Title

Title: 1, a general head, comprising particulars, as in a book; 2, an appellation of honour or dignity; 3, the means whereby the owner of lands has the just possession of his property--titulus est justa causa pos

Processing

Regional Executive, Kerala Fishermen's Welfare Fund Board v. Fancy Food, 1995 (4) JT (SC) 15: (1995) 4 SCC 341. (See Maine Products Export Development Authority Act, 1972) Means a sequence of operations of changes under-gone. The term

New forest

New forest, a royal forest in Hampshire, created by William the Conqueror. See 41 Geo. 3, c. 108; 48 Geo. 3, c. 72; 50 Geo. 3, c. 116; 51 Geo. 3, c. 94 (as

Misconduct

purpose of seek to serve, M.M. Malhotra v. Union of India, AIR 2006 SC 80. Misconduct under s. 30(a) of the Arbitration Act, 1940 has not a connotation of moral lapse. It comprises legal misconduct which is

Mining lease

includes a grant or licence for mining purposes [s. 205 (1) (xiv.), ibid.]. 'Mining lease', according to s. 3(d) of 1948 Act, means a lease granted for the purpose of searching for, winning, working, getting, making merchantable,

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