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Road fund

A fund established under s. 3 of the Roads Act, 1920, for dealing with moneys applicable to the improvement of roads received under the Act, and also under Part II. of the Development and Road Improvement Funds

Milestone

setting up milestones on any highway' a 'lawful charge upon the highway rate.' Milestones are included among road improvements for purposes of the (English) Development and Roads Improvement Funds Act, 1909, by the Roads Improvement Act, 1925,

Housing of the working classes

bye-laws for houses occupied or adaptable for the working classes; to effect the clearance, demolition, rebuilding, redevelopment or improvement of houses either singly or in whole areas and other-wise regulating sites or houses; to prevent over-crowding, and

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Generalia Specialibus non derogant

Generalia Specialibus non derogant [Lat.], General things do not derogate from special, Patna Improvement Trust v. Lakshmi Devi, AIR 1963 SC 1077 (1081, 1082) Generalia specialibus non derogant. (General words do not

lien

interest created esp. by a mortgage assessment lien : a lien that is on property benefiting from an improvement made by a municipality and that secures payment of the taxes assessed to pay for the improvement attachment

basis

adjusted basis : the basis of an asset increased or decreased to reflect changes in value (as through improvement or depreciation) car·ry·over basis [kar-ē-ō-vər-] : the basis of a donated or transferred asset that is equal to

Adoptive Act of Parliament

Statutes, tit. 'Baths.' The (English) Burial Acts, 1852 to 1906. See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Burial.' The (English) Public Improvements Acts. See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Public Improvements.' The (English) Infectious Diseases Notification Act, 1879--made general in England by

Ameliorating waste

v. Cobley, 1892 (2) Ch 253; and see Settled Land Act, 1925, ss. 88 & 89, as to improvements involving impeachment for waste.

Building lease

(17 & 18 Geo. 5, c. 36), s. 2(1), in connection with a tenant's claim for compensation for improvements.

Cosmetic Product

Cosmetic Product, are meant to improve the appear-ance of a person, that is they enhance beauty, whereas a medicinal product or a medicament is

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