Holding - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: holding Page: 3Blench, Blench-holding
Blench, Blench-holding. See ALBA FIRMA....
Blanch holding
Blanch holding, an ancient tenure of the law of Scotland, the duty payable being trifling, as a penny or peppercorn, 20 Geo. 2, c. 50; 25 Geo. 2, c. 20....
Agricultural holding
Agricultural holding, is the aggregate of land whether agricultural land or not comprised in a contract of tenancy which is a contract for an agricultural tenancy, not being a contract under which the lands is let to the tenant during his continuance in any office, appointment or employment under the landlord, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 1(2), 4th Edn., p. 16....
holding company
holding company see company ...
Hold elections
Hold elections, 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. [Gujarat Panchyats Act (6 of 1962), s. 303A]...
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....
House hold
House hold, the word household signifies a family living together, Oswal Agro Mills v. CCE, AIR 1993 SC 2288 (2291): 1 (1993) 2 SCC Supp 716.Means the member of a family related to each other by blood, marriage or adoption and normally residing together and sharing meals or holding a common ration card. [National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, s. 2(f)]...
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 The (English) Bankruptcy Repeal and Insolvent Court Act, 1869, s. 20, repealed the above section and substituted other provisions.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....
Cottage holdings land
Cottage holdings land, means land held by a council immediately before 1st August, 1970 for the purpose of cottage holdings, Smallholdings (Contributions Towards Losses) Regulation 1970, SI 1970/1051, reg. 2(2) (UK) Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 2, para 131, p. 71....
Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act, 1923
Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act, 1923 (13 & 14 Geo. 5, c. 10), a consolidating Act of similar scope to the last title and differing therefrom principally in respect of procedure. Slightly amended by13 & 14 Geo. 5, c. 25....
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