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Compound and common compound, it is axiomatic to say that the term 'compound' is different from the term 'common compound'. The former is the individual compound of a building, latter is the common compound for all the buildings situated therein, Municipal Board v. Imperial Tobacco of India Ltd., (1999) 1 SCC 566: AIR 1999 SC 264 (272). [Uttar Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1916 (2 of 1916), s. 129(a) Exp. (q)]...
Common compound
Common compound, the aforesaid meaning of the term 'common' read in the light of term 'compound' as an adjective makes it very clear that if the compound land is shared in common by occupants of number of building situated there in it would be a common compound for them, Municipal Board, Shaharanpur v. Imperial Tobacco of India Ltd., AIR 1999 SC 264.Common compound, any land used in common by the occupants of buildings situated in such common land can be said to form a 'common compound' covering all such buildings and once that conclusion is reached, Municipal Board Saharanpur v. Imperial Tobacco of India Ltd., (1999) 1 SCC 566....
Compounding
Compounding, arranging, coming to terms; compounding a felony is where the party robbed not only knows the felon, but also takes his goods again, or other amends, upon an agreement not to prosecute; this offence was denominated theftbote. It is a misdemeanour and is punishable by fine and imprisonment. See Reg. v. Burgess, (1885) 16 QBD 141.It is no offence to compound a misdemeanour unless the offence is virtually an offence against the public, for the party injured may maintain an action to recover compensation in damages. See Keir v. Leeman, (1844) 6 QB 308; (1846) 9 QB 371; Odgers on the Common Law. And compounding offences only cognizable before magistrates on summary jurisdiction is not within 18 Eliz. c. 5.Corruptly to take reward for helping a person to recover stolen goods is felony (Larceny Act, 1916, s. 34); and to advertise a reward for the return of things stolen by an advertisement representing that no questions will be asked, etc., incurs a penalty of 50l. (Larceny Act, ...
Compound
Compound, itself denotes a mixture of components, Union of India v. Pesticides Manufacturing and Formulators Association of India, (2002) 8 SCC 410.To be a compound to the building, the land must form an adjunct or appendage to the building or a cluster of buildings being available to the occupiers of such building for their exclusive use, Municipal Board Saharanpur v. Imperial Tobacco of India Ltd., (1999) 1 SCC 566.Individual compound of a building the latter is the common compound for all the buildings situated therein....
compound
compound 1 : to agree for a consideration not to prosecute (an offense) NOTE: Compounding a felony is a common-law crime. 2 : to pay (interest) on both the accrued interest and the principal ...
Compounder
One who or that which compounds or mixes as a compounder of medicines...
Compound householder
Compound householder. The payment of rates was formerly one of the ingredients in the qualification for the parliamentary franchise; but modern statutes have enabled the owners of small houses to pay the rates for the occupiers and receive a composition for so doing. To prevent the occupiers being disfranchised by this process, it was enacted that they might claim to be rated themselves, and such householders so claiming became commonly known as 'compound householders,' as appears from the title to the Act, 14 & 15 Vict. c. 14, now repealed, see Representation of People Act, 1918, Schedule 8....
Compound settlement
Compound settlement. Two or more dispositions including Acts of Parliament affecting the same piece of land by way of settlement either comprehensively or derivatively, that is, in particular without affecting the comprehensive settlement. By the proviso to s. 1 of the Settled Land Act, 1925, land which is the subject of a compound settlement is governed for the purposes of the Act by its provisions relating to a settlement unless the context otherwise requires....
compound interest
compound interest see interest ...
Compoundable
That may be compounded...
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