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Hold, to have as tenant.Of a Court or judge, to enounce a legal opinion. In strictness, a court 'holds,' and a single, judge 'rules.'It means 'own', State of West Bengal v. Subodh Gopal Bose, AIR 1954 SC 92: (1954) SCR 587.'Hold' means own. This expression connotes two concepts, i.e., physical possession or legal title to the vacant lands, Govt. of A.P. v. H.E.H. Nizam, Hyderabad, AIR 1996 SC 3142: (1996) 3 SCC 282. [Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976, s. 3]1. In England, tenure 2. This word occurs most often in conjunction with other, e.g. fee-hold, lease hold, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn....
Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923
Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923 (English) (13 & 14 Geo. 5, cc. 9 and 25). By a series of statutes commencing with the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1875, statutory compensation has been provided for an outgoing agricultural tenant in respect of the improvements effected by him during his tenancy. The operation of this Act could be and frequently was excluded by agreement, but now the tenant cannot deprive himself by contract of the right to claim compensation which is conferred on him by the Act, although he may within limits substitute other benefits by agreement. The Act of 1923 (as amended by the Agricultural Holdings Amendment Act, 1923) repeals and consolidates all the earlier statutes dealing with the subject, and confers on outgoing tenants of 'holdings' the rights and benefits briefly outlined below. The term 'holding' means any parcel of land held by a tenant which is wholly agricultural or wholly pastoral, or in whole or in part cultivated as a market garden, and which is not le...
hold harmless
hold harmless : of, relating to, or being an agreement between parties in which one assumes the potential liability for injury that may arise from a situation and thus relieves the other of liability [a hold harmless agreement] [a hold harmless clause] compare release ...
Holding
Holding. For the purposes of the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923 (13 & 14 Geo. 5, c. 9), holding is defined [s. 57(1)] as follows: 'Holding' does not include an allotment garden or include any land cultivated as a garden unless it is cultivated wholly or mainly for the purpose of the trade or business of market gardening but, except as aforesaid, means 'any parcel of land held by a tenant which is either wholly agricultural or wholly pastoral, or in part agricultural and as to the residue pastoral, or in whole or in part cultivated as a market garden, and which is not let to the tenant during his continuance in any office, appointment or employment held under the landlord.' The Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act, 1923 (13 & 14 Geo. 5, c. 10), contains a similar definition in s. 49; also in Scots law to signify the tenure or nature of the right given by the superior to the vassal.Holding is defined by s. 2(2) of the Travancore-Cochin Kanam Tenancy Act, 1955 as a parcel or parcels of l...
hold over
hold over : to remain in a position or condition [one who holds over in possession of a building after the expiration of a term of years "B. N. Cardozo"] hold·over n ...
Affidavit to hold to bail
Affidavit to hold to bail. By the (English) Judgments Act, 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 110), s. 3, it was provided that upon an affidavit of the existence of a debt to the amount of 20l. or upwards, and that a defendant was about to quit England, the plaintiff might apply to a judge to hold such defendant to bail. The (English) Bankruptcy Repeal and Insolvent Court Act, 1869, s. 20, repealed the above section and substituted other provisions. See ABSCOND....
To hold elections
To hold elections, the phrase 'to hold elections' can be understood both in a wide and a narrow sense. Its wide connotation will include all steps such as the delimitation of constituencies, the compilation of electoral rolls, etc. which are a necessary preliminary to the actual conduct of elections. In the restricted sense, this phrase would cover only the actual holding of elections, State of Gujarat v. Jamnadas G. Pabri, AIR 1974 SC 2233 (2238): (1975) 1 SCC 138: (1975) 2 SCR 330....
To hold someone to ransom
To hold someone to ransom, means 'to hold some-one captive and demand payment for their release, Concise Oxford English Dictionary, 2002, p. 1186....
hold
hold held hold·ing 1 a : to have lawful possession or ownership of [held the property as tenants in common] [the band s the title to the car] b : to have as a privilege or position of responsibility [ing a retail liquor license] [the judges…shall their offices during good behavior "U.S. Constitution art. III"] 2 : to restrain the liberty of ;specif : to keep in custody [the defendant will be held without bail] 3 : to cause to be conducted [will a hearing on the matter] 4 : to rule as the holding of a case [the court held that such conduct violated the statute] compare decide, find ...
Small holdings
Small holdings. The (English) Small Holdings and Allotments Act, 1908, by s. 61 gives the following definition:-The expression 'small holding' means an agri-cultural holding which exceeds one acre and either does not exceed fifty acres or, if exceeding fifty acres, is at the date of sale or letting of an annual value for the purposes of income tax not exceeding one hundred pounds [as amended by the (English) Small Holdings and Allotments Act, 1926 (16 & 17 Geo. 5, c. 52), s. 16]....
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