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Corporation owned or controlled by the State

Government or Governments, or partly by the Central Government and partly by one or more State Governments. [Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (1 of 1894), s. 3 (cc)]

Court

special judicial officer within any specified local limits to perform functions of the court under this Act. [Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (1 of 1894), s. 3 (d)] The word 'Court' in sub-s. (2) of s. 197 as

Credit card

subject to any contractual requirements with respect to minimum or fixed amount of payments. UK Credit Card (Merchant Acquisition) Order, 1990, SI 1990/2158, Art. 29(1). See also H.M. Ogilvie Canadian Banking Law, Carswell, Scarborrow, 1991, p. 647.

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possession

exercised by another (as a lessee) with the permission of or on behalf of the owner see also acquisitive prescription at prescription 2 : something controlled, occupied, or owned [personal s]

title

: the title that derives from such an act [have a just title] NOTE: For the purposes of acquisitive prescription, the requirement of just title is satisfied by an act that would have been sufficient to transfer

erudition

The act of instructing the result of thorough instruction the state of being erudite or learned the acquisitions gained by extensive reading or study particularly learning in literature or criticism as distinct from the sciences scholarship

Act of State

State' is not limited to hostile action between rulers resulting in the occupation of territories. It includes all acquisitions of territory by a sovereign State for the first time, whether it be by conquest or cession, Dalmia

Transaction

Transaction, includes a decree, as a decree may, under certain circumstances create the relationship of lender and borrower, Radha Kishen Chamria v. Keshardeo Chamria, AIR 1954 Cal 105: (1953) 92 Cal LJ 197. Transaction, is a...

Transfer

for limiting the operation of the word 'transfer' to voluntary acts of transfer so as to exclude compulsory acquisitions of property, Manglore Electric Supply Co. v. C.I.T., AIR 1978 SC 1272: 1978 (3) SCC 248. Transfer, means

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