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Permissive possession

of the owner, or of the 'bhumidhar'. If on being asked to deliver possession, the mortgagee refuses or declines to do so, it would give rise to a cause of action on the date on which possession

a protest against the expenditure of a local authority in connection with an object of which they disapprove, decline to pay that part of a rate attributable to such expenditure, and by such 'passive resistance' force the

Sustainable use

components of biological diversity in such manner and at such rate that does not lead to the long-term decline of the biological diversity thereby maintaining its potential to meet the needs and aspirations of present and future

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Precedent

judgment of another Divisional Court upon the same point, has been strengthened in number, and so strengthened, has declined to follow such prior judgment. See Winyard v. Toogood, (1882) 52 LJMC 25. The House of Lords is

Public trustee

notice of any proposed appointment must be given to the beneficiaries; see s. 5. The Public Trustee may decline to accept any trust, but not on the ground only of the small value of the trust property;

Railway

give to those by whom the objection is made an opportunity of being heard, with the view of declining to make the order or of so modifying it as to remove the objection if the Board decide

Recession

Recession, a re-grant. A period charaterized by a sharp slowdown an economic activity declining employment and a decrease in investment and consumer spending, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.

Refusal

where one has, by law, a right and power of having or doing something of advantage, and he declines it. The denial or rejection of something offered or demanded, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1285.

Renounce

Renounce, to give up a right. An executor who declines to take probate of the will of his testator is said to 'renounce' probate. Where any person, after

Secularism and secularization

Secularism and secularization, there is a difference between secularism and secularisation. Secularisa-tion essentially is a process of decline in religious activity, belief, ways of thinking and in restructur-ing the institution. Though secularism is a political ideology

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