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Flat. A set of rooms on one floor of a house usually let unfurnished in many separate flats, which for all legal purposes are separate houses. For the purposes of the Housing Act, 1936, defined as a separate and self-contained set of premises constructed for use for the purposes of a dwelling and forming part of a building from some other part of which it is divided horizontally, and 'block of flats,' a building which contains two or more flats and consists of three or more storeys exclusive of any storey which is constructed for use for purposes other than those of a dwelling. See Blackwell on the Law of Residential Flats; Woodfall, L. and T., and Forms in Appendix B. of that work.adj. without an allowance or charge for accused interest, Black's Law Dictionary, p. 652.A house in a larger block; an apartment, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 652.Flat, means a separate set of premises forming part of a building being a set of premises occupied wholly or mainly as a private dwelling,...
Graduated flat rate
Graduated flat rate, The water rate imposed on houses where there is no water connection is known as 'graduated flat rate', Indore Municipal Corporation v. Gujarat Coop Housing Society Ltd., 1992 Supp (2) SCC 457: AIR 1992 SC 1506. [M.P. Municipal Corporation Act, 1956 (23 of 1956),ss. 132(1)(d) and 162]...
Shop-cum-flat
Shop-cum-flat, the expression 'shop-cum-flat' does not always mean that the ground floor of the building is meant for shops and the first and the higher floors are residential accommodation in the building. The correct approach would be to refer to the context in which the expression appears and then construe it , Shabir Ahmad v. Sham Lal, AIR 2002 SC 1036 (1039): (2002) 3 SCC 118....
flat
flat : not varying [a rate] ;specif of a tax : having a rate that remains constant for any taxable base adv : without interest charge ;esp : without allowance or charge for accrued interest [bonds sold ] ...
flat rule
flat rule : per se rule ...
flat bottom
having a flat bottom...
Flat footed
Having a flat foot with little or no arch of the instep suffering from fallen arches...
Flat headed
Having a head with a flattened top as a flat headed nail...
Flatly
In a flat manner evenly horizontally without spirit dully frigidly...
flatness
The quality or state of being flat...
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