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Acquiesce
(1) applicable to acquisition of property by inheritance or devise or at a partition or in lieu of maintenance or arrears of maintenance or by gift or by a female's own skill or exertion or by purchase
Hindu
1955, the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 and the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, the orthodox concept of the term 'Hindu' has under-gone a radical change and it has been
Food
into the body of an organism which serves for purposes of growth, work or repair and for the maintenance of the vital process. What human beings consume is styled as food and what animals consume is described
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Corody, or corrody
is thought fit to receive it. It differs from a pension in that it was allowed towards the maintenance of any of the King's servants in an abbey; a pension being given to one of the king's
Contingent legacy
guides to construction, e.g., in general, a gift of interest in the interim or a direction to pay maintenance points to a vested and not a contingent gift and where a previous interest is given to one
Appropriate authority
of Misuse) Act, 1994 (57 of 1994), s. 2 (a)] Means, in relation to a bridge for the maintenance of which a bridge authority is responsible, or a road passing over such a bridge, the bridge authority;
Appanage, or Apanage
to nourish], (1) the provision of lands of feudal superiorities assigned by the Kings of France for the maintenance of their younger sons. (2) The allowance assigned to the prince of a reigning house for a proper
Highways
in Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Highways'; and the 11th s. of the Local Government Act, 1888, threw the entire maintenance of 'main roads' upon the County Councils. As to improvements and Developments, see Development and Road Improvement Fund
dependent
1 : determined or conditioned by another : contingent 2 a : relying on another for esp. financial support b : lacking the necessary means of support or protection and in need of aid from others (as
Line
Line, succession of relations (see INHERITANCE); boundary; the twelfth part of an inch. The word 'line' in the expression 'telegraph line' connotes the existence of a defined channel of communication which has got a physical existence,...
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