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Holding over

Holding over, keeping possession of land by a lessee after the expiration of his term, whereby if the possession

Hyperaspist

One who holds a shield over another hence a defender

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Sufferance, Tenancy at

who is in possession at the determination of the original lease, and is permitted by the reversioner to hold over, is a quasi-tenant at sufferance. Lord Coke tells us (in 2 Inst. 134) this diversity is to be … that where a man cometh to a particular estate by the act of the party, there, if he hold over, he is a tenant at sufferance; but where he cometh to the particular estate by act of law,

trust

trust 1 a : a fiduciary relationship in which one party holds legal title to another's property for the benefit of a party who holds equitable title to the property

Possession

v. Mahngoo Tiwari, 1969 All WR (HC) 230. Possession, in common parlance denoted to occupy, to have or hold as owner, to obtain, to maintain, Krishna Prasad Jaiswal v. Kanti Gupta, (1996) 1 BLJ 45. Possession, indicates

Notice to quit

the parties to a different effect, or where a particular local custom intervenes, or where the (English) Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923, applies, in which case, by s. 25 of that Act, a notice must be given to

Tenure

Khalsa College, Amritsar, AIR 1971 P&H 479: 1971 Cur LJ 334. Means a right, term, or mode of holding lands or tenements in subordination to a superior; in fendal times, real property was held predominantly as part

Reserve

up for some time or occasion; to refrain from using or enjoying at once. To keep back or hold over to a later time or place or for further treatment. To set apart for some purpose or with … use; to keep in reserve; to retain, to keep, as for oneself. To keep back; to retain or hold over to a future time or place. To preserve, Commissioner of Income Tax v. Century Spinning and Manufacturing Co.,

Seizure

that may interfere with a person's reasonable expectation of privacy, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1363. Merely holding books found lying in the premises for perusing them cannot properly be regarded as seizure because seizure implies

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