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Malik or milkiyat

a will or other document as descriptive of the position which a devisee or donee is intended to hold, has been held apt to describe an owner possessed of full proprietary rights, including a full right of

Parage or Paragium

the partition of an inheritance between coheirs; more properly, however, an equality of condition among nobles, or persons holding by a noble tenure. Thus, when a fiet is divided among brothers, the younger hold their part of

Judge

of the Supreme Court (with the exception of the Lord Chancellor, who goes out with the Ministry) shall hold their office during good behaviour, subject to a power of removal by the Crown on an address by

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Adequate consideration

Uttar Pradesh, 1991 Supp (2) SCC 346 (347): AIR 1991 SC 1502. [U.P. Imposition of ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960, s. 5(6) Proviso(b) second clause] The words 'adequate consideration' clearly postulate that consideration must be capable

holder

holder 1 : a person that holds: as a : owner [the of a patent] often used in combination

office

: a special duty, charge, or position conferred by governmental authority and for a public purpose [qualified to hold public ] ;broadly : a special duty or position of authority [hold an of trust] 2 : a

officer

officer 1 : one charged with administering or enforcing the law [a police ] 2 : one who holds an office of trust, authority, or command [the directors, s, employees, and shareholders of a corporation] 3 :

power

that the donee can exercise only out of an estate (as a life estate) that he or she holds called also power appurtenant power cou·pled with an interest : a power accompanying an interest of the donee

rent

b in the civil law of Louisiana : a contract by which one party conveys to another to hold as owner a tract of land or other immovable property in perpetuity in exchange for payment of an

Clamp

Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together a piece of wood or metal used to hold two or more pieces

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