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Abandonee

Abandonee, one to whom anything is relinquished.The expression 'abandoned property' or to use the more familiar term 'bona vacantia' comprises properties of two different kinds, those which come in by escheat and those over which no one has a claim, Bombay Dyeing and Mfg. Co. Ltd. v. State of Bombay, AIR 1958 SC 328 (339): 1958 SCR 1122. [Bombay Labour Welfare Fund Act (40 of 1953) s. 3(1) & 2(b)]...