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Home Dictionary Name: acquiredAcquired possession
Acquired possession, The words 'acquired possession' or 'keeping' in clause (b) of s. 135(1) are not to be restricted to 'possession' or 'keeping'acquired as an owner or a purchaser of the goods. the expression 'acquired possession' is of very wide amplitude and will certainly include theacquisition of possession by a person in a capacity other than as owner or purchaser. [Customs Act, 1962, s. 135(1)(b)], State of Maharashtra v. Natwarlal Damodaradas Soni, AIR 1980 SC 593: (1980) 2 SCR 340....
Acquired territories
Acquired territories, 'acquired territories' mean so much of the territories comprised in the Indo-Pakistan agreements and referred to in the First Schedule as are demarcated for the purpose of being acquired by India in pursuance of the said agreements. [Acquired Territories (Merger) Act, (64 of 1960), s. 2(a)]...
Acquisition, acquire
Acquisition, acquire, acquisition is the act by which a person acquires property in a thing. 'Acquire' is to become the owner of the property. One can, therefore, acquire a property either by voluntary or involuntary transfer, Devi Das Gopal Krishnan v. State of Punjab, AIR 1967 SC 1895 (1904): (1967) 3 SCR 557. [Punjab General Sales Tax Act, (46 of 1948), s. 2 (FF)]...
acquire
acquire ac·quired ac·quir·ing : to come into possession, ownership, or control of : obtain as one's own [the target's directors don't want the company to be acquired "R. C. Clark"] [the court acquired jurisdiction] ac·quir·er also ac·qui·ror [ə-kwīr-ər] n ...
Acquired
Acquired, the expression 'acquired' should be taken to be a reference to 'acquisition' as understood in Public International Law. If there were any public notification, assertion or declaration by which the Government of this country had declared a territory as part and parcel of the territory of India, the Courts would be bound to recognise an 'acquisition' as having taken place, with the consequence that that territory would be part of the territory of the Union within Art. 1(3)(c), N. Masthan Sahib v. Chief Commr., AIR 1963 SC 533 (538). [Constitution of India, Art. 1(3)(c)]Acquired, includes vesting of property in govern-ment by statutory process. But unless such statutory acquisition of a part of the mortgaged property by Government is in the character of a mortgage money even proportionately, State of Kerala v. Koliyat Estates, (1999) 8 SCC 419....
After-acquired property
After-acquired property. A covenant to settle any property that may be acquired by the wife subsequently to the marriage is often inserted in marriage settlements. The construction and effect of such a covenant depends chiefly on the language of the covenant itself. See Wurtzburg on Covenants for the Settlement of a wife's after-acquired property; Bankruptcy Act, 1914, s. 42(2). See SETTLEMENT....
after-acquired
after-acquired : acquired after a certain event (as the perfection of a security interest) ...
Acquirer
Acquirer, means a member of a Hindu undivided family, who acquires gains of learning. [Hindu Gains of Learning Act, 1930 (30 of 1930), s. 2(a)]...
Acquiring authority
Acquiring authority, means in relation to land, the person or body of persons by whom the interest is, or is proposed to be, acquired, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 8(1), 4th Edn., Para 106, Note 1, p. 90....
Illegally acquired properties
Illegally acquired properties, it means and includes 'any property acquired by such person, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, wholly or partly out of or by means of any income, earnings or assets derived or obtained from or attributable to any activity prohibited, by or under any law for the time being in force relating to any matter in respect of which Parliament has power to make laws', Attorney General for India v. Amratlal Prajivandas, AIR 1994 SC 2179 (2202): (1994) 5 SCC 54. [Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipula-tors (Forfeiture of Proprety) Act, 1976 (13 of 1976), s. 3 (1)(c)]...
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