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Ridotto

To hold ridottos

Catastrophist

One who holds the theory or catastrophism

Compesce

To hold in check to restrain

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Commendatary

One who holds a living in commendam

Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923

Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923 (English) (13 & 14 Geo. 5, cc. 9 and 25). By a series of statutes commencing

Office of profit

a Pramukh at the time of filing of nomination papers and who was drawing a honorarium was not holding an office of profit, Umrao Singh v. Yeshwant Singh, AIR 1970 Raj 134 (141). [Constitution of India, Art.

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

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

Tenement

separately rated parts of houses or flats s tenements.1. Properly (esp. land) held by freehold; an estate or holding of land 2. A house or other building used as a residence, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn. Means

Tenant

one that holds land of any one inclusive of the sovereign; it is therefore applicable to every subject holding land in this country; but the word is always used relatively, and as the relation to the sovereign

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