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Market value

by judicial decisions. Any addition to the value of the land to the owner whose land is compulsorily acquired which addition is the result of such factors as are unrelated to the open market cannot be regarded

Joint-tenancy

accrescendi pr'fertur ultim' voluntati necnon oneribus. By the Wills Act, 1837, a general devise passes after-acquired property; lands, acquired jure accrescendi, will consequently pass. A curious question some times arose as to what is the law in

acquire

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

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Acquiesce

possessed of that property at the time of the coming into force of the Act but has also acquired the same before its commencement [Hindu Succession Act, 1956 s. 14(1)], Badri Pershad v. Kanso Devi, AIR 1970

Citizenship

(a) birth, (b) registration, (c) naturalization, and (d) incorporation of territory. In U.S.A., citizenship is a dual concept; acquired by birth or by naturalization; there are federal and State citizenship each with distinct rights and obligations. In

Common stock or common hotchpot

treats it as a property of the family. No longer the declares his intention to treat his self acquired property as that of the joint family property, the property assumes the character of joint family property. The

Family unit

of the family unit not because the partition is invalid but because the land held by him, howsoever acquired, is liable to be clubbed with the lands of other members for the purpose of applying the ceiling

Holder in due course

9] Under the Indian law, a holder, to be a holder in due course, must not only have acquired the bill, note or cheque for valid consideration but should have acquired the cheque without having sufficient cause

Horse-racing

See also RAE COURSE and GAMING. The horse-racing is a sport which primarily depends on the special ability acquired by training. It is speed and stamina of the horse, acquired by training, which matters. Jockeys are experts

Interesse termini

Interesse termini, an executor interest, being a right of entry which a lessee acquired in land by virtue of a demise. It could not, before entry, be enlarged by a release from

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