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Firman, the 'Firmans' were expressions of the sovereign will of the Nizam and they were binding in the same way as any other law; nay, they would override all other laws which were in conflict with them. So long as a particular 'Firman' held the field, that alone would govern or regulate the rights of the parties concerned, though it could be annulled or modified by a later 'Firman' at any time that the Nizam willed, Ameer-un-Nissa Begum v. Mahboob Begum, AIR 1955 SC 352 (399)....
Firmaun, firman or phirmaund
Firmaun, firman or phirmaund, an order, mandate, an imperial decree, royal grant, or charter, Indian....
Firman
In Turkey and some other Oriental countries a decree or mandate issued by the sovereign a royal order or grant generally given for special objects as to a traveler to insure him protection and assistance...
Blanch-firmes
Blanch-firmes. In ancient times the Crown rents were many times reserved in libiris albis or blanch-firmes, in which case the buyer was holden dealbare firman, i.e., his base money or coin, below standard, was melted down in the Exchequer, and reduced to the fineness of standard silver, or instead thereof, he paid twelve pence in the pound by way of addition, Jac. Law Dict....
Decree
Decree [fr. decretum, Lat.], an edict, a law.The term was also used for the judgment of a Court of Equity. But by the (English) Judicature Acts, 1873 and 1875, the expression judgment, which was formerly used only in Courts of Common Law, is adopted in reference to the decisions of all Divisions of the Supreme Court, and [(English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 225, replacing (English) Act of 1873, s. 100] includes decree. See JUDGMENT, and consult Seton on Decrees. In Scotland the judgment of a Court disposing of a case (accent on first syllable).Decree means a formal expression of an adjudication which the Court conclusively and finally determines the rights of the parties with regard to all or any of the matters in controversy in the suit, Deep Chand v. Land Acquisition Officer, (1994) 4 SCC 99: AIR 1994 SC 1901.A decree in invitum is not an instrument securing money or other property; such a decree is a record of the formal adjudication of the Court relating to a right claimed by a part...
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