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Entry into possession

starts right from the point of time when the person enters into possession or occupies the premises and continues, until he leaves the premises. What is germane for the purpose of interpretation of s. 2(2)(g) is whether

Extension and renewal

something smaller than that to which it is attached; to lengthen or prolong. Thus 'extension' ordinarily implies the continued existence of something to be extended. The distinction between 'extension' and 'renewal' is chiefly that in the case

Funds, public

interest of the sum borrowed. This discharge was rarely effected. The public exigencies still continuing, the loans were continued, or the taxes again mortgaged for fresh ones. At length the practice of borrowing for a fixed period,

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Habitual

504: (1978) 3 SCR 1044. The expression 'habitual' would mean repeatedly or persistently and implies a thread of continuity stringing together similar repeated acts. An isolated default of rent would not mean that tenant was a habitual

Habitual criminal

commit crimes. It implies commission of such crimes repeatedly or persistently and prima facie there should be a continuity in the commission of those offences, Ayub Pappubhan Navab Khan Pathan v. S.N. Sinha, AIR 1990 SC 2069

Hindu

and is circumstances developed out of, or split off from, the Hindu system but whose members have nevertheless continued to live under the Hindu law and the courts have generally put a liberal con-struction upon enactments relating

Mental cruelty

must be such that the wronged party cannot reasonably be asked to put up with such conduct and continue to live with the other party. It is not necessary to prove that the mental cruelty is such

easement

to a specific limited use or enjoyment (as the right to cross the land or have a view continue unobstructed over it) see also dominant estate and servient estate at estate compare license, profit, right of way,

administrative

or relating to the performance of a function : ministerial [ communications include…instructions that encourage a jury to continue its deliberations "National Law Journal"] 2 : of or relating to the executive branch of a government compare

chapter 11 (business reorganization)

chapter 11 (business reorganization) A petition designed to reorganize business debt. The business normally is permitted to continue its operations under court supervision until some plan of reorganization is approved by the creditors. Source: FindLaw

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