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Improvement of land. The (English) Improvement of Land Acts, 1864 and 1899 (27 & 28 Vict. c. 114, and 62 & 63 Vict. c. 46), enumerate a number of 'im-provements' such as the following: (1) Drainage; (2) Irrigation and Warping; (3) Embanking from the sea, etc.; (4) Inclosing, and redivision of fields; (5) Reclamation; (6) Making roads, tramways, railways, and canals; (7) Clearing; (8) Erection and improvement of cottage and farm buildings; (9) Planting for shelter; (10) Construction of mills, etc.; (11) Construction of landing-places; and allowed tenants for life to charge the cost of such improvements upon the fee of a settled estate with the sanction of the In closure Commissioners, after notice to persons in remainder, and certain specifications and surveys;-the sanction of the Commissioners to be given 'if they found (s. 25) that the improvements would effect a permanent increase of the yearly vale of the lands proposed to be improved.' The Acts have been amended by the (English) Ag...
Improvement
Improvement. As to construction of covenant to communicate and give benefit of 'improvements,' see Hopkins v. Linotype Co., (1910) 101 LT 898.Improvement, means an addition to real property, whether permanent or not; esp., one that increases its value or utility or that enhances its appearance, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 761...
Improvement of towns
Improvement of towns. The (English) Towns Im-provement Clauses Act, 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 34), 'comprises in one Act sundry provisions usually contained in' special Acts of Parliament theretofore passed 'for paving, draining, cleansing, lighting, and improving towns and populous districts,' to avoid the necessity for repeating such provisions in each special Act, and to ensure greater uniformity in the provisions themselves.Of this Act, ss. 64-83, which relate to the naming of streets and numbering of houses, to the improving the line of streets and removal of obstructions, to the securing or demolition of ruinous buildings, and to the taking precaution during the erection of works, and ss. 125-131, which relate to slaughter-houses, are incorporated with the (English) Public health Act, 1875, by ss. 160, 169 of that Act.The Town and Country Planning Act, 1932 (English) (22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 48), a codifying Act, repealing the (English) Town and Country Planning Act, 1925, authorises loc...
Local Improvements
Local Improvements. By the (English) Public Improvements Act, 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. 30), a majority of two-thirds of the rate payers of any parish or district may, by 'adopting' that Act rate their district in aid of certain public improvements (e.g., public walks, playgrounds, etc.) for general benefit within their district. Half the proposed expenditure must have been privately subscribed, and the rate must not exceed sixpence in the pound. The power of adopting and exercising the Act for a rural parish is vested in the parish council (if any) of that parish, bys. 7 of the (English) Local Government Act, 1894 (67 & 57 Vict. c. 73)....
Repairs and improvements
Repairs and improvements, all repairs are improve-ments though all improvements are not repairs, AIR 1960 Mad 24(27) (Transfer of Property Act, 1882, s. 76)...
capital improvements
capital improvements property improvements that either will enhance the property value or will increase the useful life of the property. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...
Improvability
The state or quality of being improvable improvableness...
Improvable
Capable of being improved susceptible of improvement admitting of being made better capable of cultivation or of being advanced in good qualities...
Improvement
The act of improving advancement or growth promotion in desirable qualities progress toward what is better melioration as the improvement of the mind of land roads etc...
Improvement area
Improvement area. Local authorities who have passed a resolution under the provisions of the (English) Housing Act, 1930, s. 7, declaring an area (under conditions similar to those indicated in regard to clearance areas) to be an improvement area, may call upon owners to demolish houses which are unfit for habitation or else to execute all necessary works by notice under ss. 9(1) and 19 of the (English) Housing Act, 1936, and may also purchase land for opening out the area by agreement or compulsorily; see ss. 38 and 39 of the 1936 Act.Before taking action under the resolution the local authority must give an undertaking to find suitable accommodation for persons who may be displaced from working-class houses. Compensation to owners upon expropriation is provided for by ss. 40 and 42 and the 4th Schedule owners may appeal to the County Court against demolition orders under s. 15. The general procedure is regulated by s. 38 and the 1st Schd. See (English) Housing Act, 1936; IMPROVEMENTO...
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