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legal estate, but being estopped from denying that he has it, convey property to B., then A's subsequent acquisition of the legal estate 'feeds the estoppel' and the legal estate vests in B.; see General Finance Co.

Experience

as experience after acquiring the minimum qualifications, required and, therefore, necessarily will have to be posterior to the acquisition of the qualification. In the case of a promotion the same interpretation may not be just or warranted.

Excavation

by digging out', Tarkeshwar Sio Tholrur Jiu v. B.D. Dey, AIR 1979 SC 1669 (1671). [West Bengal Estates Acquisition Act, (1 of 1954), s. 28]

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Entitled to act

the land and receive and give a good discharge for the purchase money on a voluntary sale. [Land Acquisition Act, 1894, s. 3(g)]

Encumbrance

the lands, Collector of Bombay v. Nusserwanji Rattanji Mistri, AIR 1955 SC 298: (1955) 1 SCR 1311. [Land Acquisition Act, (10 of 1894), s. 16] Means a burden of charge upon property, Magaram v. B.O.R., AIR 1990

Borrower

financial institution and includes a person who becomes borrower of a securitisation company or recon-struction company consequent upon acquisition by it of any rights or interest of any bank of financial institution in relation to such financial

Domicile

Yogesh Bhardwaj v. State of Uttar Pradesh, (1990) 3 SCC 355: AIR 1999 SC 356 (360). For the acquisition of a domicile of choice, it must be shown that the person concerned had a certain state of

Employees

Employees, Include workmen and non-workmen, All India Bank Officer's Confederation v. Union of India, (1989) 4 SCC 90 (96): AIR 1989 SC 2045. [Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertaking) Act, 1970, s. 9(3)(a)]

Defence of the Realm Acts

Defence of the Realm Acts, 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5, cc. 29, 63), Acts passed to confer on His Majesty in Council power to make regulations during the war with Germany for the defence of...

Citizenship

and State citizenship each with distinct rights and obligations. In Canada, there is no provincial citizenship. Mode of acquisition of citizenship are (1) birth, and (2) certificate of citizenship. In Australia the citizenship is acquired by birth,

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