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hard labor

hard labor : compulsory labor imposed upon prisoners as part of a sentence or as prison discipline

Registration of title of land

1 and 205 of the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, may, and in districts where registration is compulsory must, as a rule be registered except leaseholds having not more than 21 years unexpired, and except all

Tax

3). See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Revenue.' See also DEATH DUTIES; ESTATE DUTY; INCOME-TAX; LAND-TAX. A 'tax' is a compulsory exaction of money by public authority for public purposes enforceable by law and is not payment for services

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Valuation

his judgment said (at p. 29):- 'The principles upon which compensation is assessed when land is taken under compulsory powers are well-settled. The owner receives for the lands he gives up their equivalent-that is, that which they

National insurance

1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 55), introduced by Mr. Lloyd George, established a wide system of compulsory state insurance covering both ill-health and unemployment, which is based upon premiums contributed in part by the employer,

Tithe Rent-Charge

effected in one of two ways-either by a voluntary parochial agreement, con-firmed by the commissioners, or by the compulsory award of the commissioners. The value, either voluntarily agreed upon or awarded by the commissioners, was considered as

Salary or wages

a contradiction in terms. The word 'sale' in its ordinary meaning means a voluntary transaction and therefore a compulsory sale is really a contradiction and is no sale at all, Calcutta Electric Supply Corpn. Ltd. v. Commr.

Transfer of Land Acts (English)

a dead letter: see Report of Select Committee of House of Commons on Land Titles and Transfers, 1879. Compulsory registration on Order of Council not dissented from by the local county council was introduced by the Land

Transfer

Ram Reddy, AIR 1970 AP 19. Transfer, cannot have the widest comprehension, and does not indicate or include compulsory transfer or forced transfer, like court auction sale, Kharva Gigabhai Mavji v. Soni Jagjivvan Kanji, 1979 (20) Guj

Tax and fee

fee, it is true that between a tax and a fee there is no generic difference. Both are compulsory exactions of money by public authorities; but whereas a tax is imposed for public purposes and is not,

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