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Waste lands

830), this Court, while discerning the meaning of 'waste and arable land' in s. 17(4) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, observed that the expression 'waste land' as contrasted to 'arable land', would mean 'land which is

Waste land, and arable land

Anand Brahma Shah v. State of Uttar Pradesh, AIR 1967 SC 1081 (1085): (1967) 1 SCR 373. [Land Acquisition Act, 1894, s. 17(1)(u)]

Vir et uxor sunt quasi unica persona

37 of the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, a husband and wife shall, for all purposes of acquisition of any property, under a disposition made after 1925, be treated as two persons. See also ENTIRETIES, TENANCY

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Vest

Vest, (1) Either to place in possession; to make possessor of; or, to give an absolute interest in property when a named period or event occurs. (2) (of a right or interest) Its coming into the...

Useful to the public

R.L. Arora v. State of Uttar Pradesh, AIR 1962 SC 764 (774): (1962) Supp 2 SCR 149. (Land Acquisition Act, 1894, ss. 40, 41)

Hut

Hut, 'hut' means any building, which is constructed principally of wood, bamboo, mud, leaves, grass or thatch and includes any temporary structure of whatever size or any small building of whatever material made. [Manipur Municipalities Act,...

Urgency, emergency

prompt action while 'Emergency' in-dicates a situation suddenly arising and prompt action, AIR 1959 Punj 540 (543). (Land Acquisition Act, 1894, s. 17)

Undivided shares in land

sever their joint tenancy inequity. Sec. 37 declares that a husband and wife shall for all purposes of acquisition of property made or coming into operation after 1st January, 1926, be treated as two persons, and see

Undertake any operation in the land

Undertake any operation in the land, the words used in the s. are 'to undertake any operations in the land' which, according to the Concise Oxford Dictionary means 'to enter upon (work, enterprise, responsibility)'. The meaning...

Tenancy in Common

or the nature of the transaction is such as to preclude the intention of survivorship such as an acquisition of land by partners for the purposes of their business. A tenancy-in-common differs from a joint-tenancy in this

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