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Home Dictionary Name: holdAgricultural 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...
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
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....
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]....
Finding mains holding
Finding mains holding, a court properly has find-ings of fact and holdings or conclusions of law. The writer of the following sentence observed the distinctions meticulously. Because we find that the jury's finding of concurrent fault is amply supported by the evidence, we hold that appellee is entitled to full indemnity.In appellate courts, properly, only holding are affirmed, whereas factual findings are disturbed only when clearly erroneous, against the great weight of the evidence, etc., depending on the standard of review. Generally, it is not correct for an appellate Court to say that it affirms a finding of fact, Uttam Singh Duggal & Sons. v. Union of India, AIR 2002 Del 471....
Holds
Holds, the expression 'holds' includes a two-fold idea of the actual possession of a thing and also of being invested with a egal title. Sometimes it is used only to mean actual possession. But under s. 12 the expression is used in the wider sense, for under that section the person mentioned therein holds land partly for his benefit or partly for the benefit of the beneficiary or wholly for the benefit of the beneficiary, K.K. Handioue v. Board of Agricultural Income Tax, AIR 1966 SC 1191 (1192). [Assam Agricultural Income-tax Act, (9 of 1939), s. 12]The word 'holds' is not a word of art. It has not been defined in the Act. It has to be understood in its ordinary normal meaning: According to Oxford English dictionary it means, to possess, to be owner or holder or tenant of. The meaning indicates that possession must be backed with some right or title, Hari Ram v. Babu Gokul Prasad, AIR 1991 SC 427 (428): 1991 Supp (2) SCC 608. [Madhya Pradesh Land Revenue Code 1959, s. 185(i)]...
Small holding colonies
Small holding colonies. By the (English) Small Holding Colonies Act, 1916 (6 & 7 Geo. 5, c. 38) and 1918 (8 & 9 Geo. 5, c. 26), as amended by the (English) Land Settlement (Facilities) Act, 1919 (9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 59), the Board, now Ministry, of Agriculture and Fisheries may, after consultation with the chairman of the county council, acquire by agreement a limited amount of land up to 45,000 acres in England and Wales for the purpose of providing small holding colonies with powers conferred by the Acts.See ALLOTMENTS, and Aggs on Agricultural Holdings....
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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