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Landlord and tenant
Landlord and tenant. A tenancy arises when the owner of an estate inland, called the lessor or landlord, agrees expressly or by implication to allow another person, called the lessee or tenant, to enjoy the exclusive possession and use of the land for a period less than the landlord's estate in it, generally upon payment of rent. The landlord's estate is called the reversion, and at common law, a power of distress for rent is incident to the reversion.Leases or tenancies may be (1) for any agreed period such as for years or less, e.g., for a year, half-year, quarter or week; (2) from year to year; (3) at will; (4) on sufferance; or (5) they may arise upon estoppel; or (6) exist by force of a statute (see LEASE; INCREASE OF RENT). In a narrower sense the words 'tenancy' and 'landlord and tenant' are generally restricted to lease of a house or land for occupational purposes. If nothing appears to the contrary, either expressly or by implication, in the lease or agreement, the landlord is...
Exclusive licence
Exclusive licence, means a licence from a patentee which confers on the licensee, or on the licensee and persons authorised by him, to the exclusion of all other persons (including the patentee), any right in respect of the patented invention, and exclusive licensee shall be construed accordingly. [Patents Act, 1970, s. 2 (1) (f)]It means a licence which confers on the licensee or on the licensee and persons authorised by him, to the exclusion of all others persons (including the owner of the copyright) any right comprised in the copyright in a work, and 'exclusive licensee' shall be construed accordingly. [Copyright Act, 1957 (14 of 1957), s. 2 (j)]...
Roman Catholics
Roman Catholics. Very severe laws, commonly called the penal laws, were passed against Roman Catholics, generally under the name of Papists (see that title), after the Reformation, an Act of Elizabeth, for instance, 13 Eliz. c. 2, punishing with the penalties of a pr'munire (see that title) any person bringing into this country any Agnus Dei, cross, picture, etc., from Rome; an Act of James, 3 Jac. 1, c. 5, penalizing the sale or purchase of Popish primers; and an Act of William and Mary (11 & 12 Wm. 3, c. 4), punishing any Papist assuming the education of youth with imprisonment for life. Exclusion from Parliament was effected by the requirement of the Declaration against Trans-ubstantiation (see TRANSUBSTANT- IATION) from members of either House by 30 Car. 2, s. 2, and disfranchisement by the requirements of the Oath of Supremacy by 7 & 8 Wm. 3, c. 27, s. 19; while 7 & 8 Wm. 3, c. 24, effected (until 1791) exclusion from the profession of barrister, attorney, or solicitor by requirin...
heir
heir : one who inherits or is entitled to succeed to the possession of property after the death of its owner: as a : one who by operation of law inherits the property and esp. the real property of a person who dies without leaving a valid will used in jurisdictions whose law is based on English common law called also heir at law heir general legal heir compare issue b in the civil law of Louisiana : one who succeeds to the estate of a person by will or esp. by operation of law see also intestacy, unworthy compare ancestor, devisee, legatee, next of kin, successor apparent heir : heir apparent in this entry beneficiary heir in the civil law of Louisiana : an heir who exercises the benefit of inventory which limits the amount of his or her liability for the decedent's debts bod·i·ly heir : heir of the body in this entry forced heir : an heir who cannot be disinherited except for causes recognized by law ;esp in the civil law of Louisiana : an heir who because of yo...
Property
Property, an actionable claim against the tenants is undoubtedly a species of property which is assignable, State of Bihar v. Kameshwar Singh, AIR 1952 SC 252.Comprises every form of tangible property, even intangible, including debts and chooses in action such as unpaid accumulation of wages, pension, cash grants, and constitutionally protected privy purse, See M.M. Pathak v. Union of India, AIR 1978 SC 802.Decree is to be treated as property, Associated Hotels of India v. Jodha Mal Kuthiala, AIR 1950 Punj 201.Every movable property is included in the ordinary connotation of the word 'property', Chunni Lal v. State, AIR 1968 Raj 70.In commercial law this may carry its ordinary meaning of the subject-matter of ownership. But elsewhere, as in the sale of goods it may be used as a synonym for ownership and lesser rights in goods, Dictionary of Commercial Law by A.H. Hudson, (1983, Edn.).In Entry 42, List III (Constitution of India) includes the power to legislate for acquisition of an un...
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