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Land holder, the expression 'landholder' who obviously is a possessor of interest in land means a person to whom rent is payable, and by legal fiction it shall include his predecessor-in-interest as also successor-in-interest to whom the rent was or is payable. It is such definition that will have to be read in the U.P.Z.A. & L.R. Act wherever that expression occurs, Richpal Singh v. Desh Raj Singh AIR 1981 SC 1960: (1982) 1 SCR 368. UPZA & L.R. Act [s. 3(ii)]....
Largeness
Largeness, largeness is merely when each land holder's land is clubbed together then the area becomes large, T. Devjibhai v. Executive Engineer, (2001) 9 SCC 584 (588): AIR 2001 SC 2424. (Land Acquisition Act, 1894, s. 23)...
Crofter
Crofter, in the Crofters Acts (Scotland), means a person who is tenant of a holding from year to year and resides on his holding, the annual rent of which does not exceed 30l. and which is situated in a 'croafting parish'; see the (English) Crofters Acts of 1886, 1887, 1891, and 1908, and the Small Land-holders (Scotland) Act, 1911 (172 Geo. 5, c. 49)....
Periodic lease
Periodic lease, it recognises the lessee's rights of landholding, or a person who is already a land-holder loosing that status. If on a settlement the period of lease happens to be for a term of less than 10 years, he would then lose the right to have his lease renewed or the settlement offers to him, L.C. Singh v. Chief Commissioner of Manipur, AIR 1958 Manipur 1....
Zemindar
Zemindar [fr. two words signifying earth, land, and holder or keeper], land-keeper. An officer who, under the Mohammedan government, was charged with the financial superintendence of the lands of a district, the protection of the cultivators, and the realization of the government's share of its produce, either in money or kind.-Indian....
Redemption
Redemption, is the act of redeeming, which in its ordinary meaning is equal to bringing off a charge or obligation by payment--.By the down payment, the entire land revenue to be recovered from that land was redeemed.Redemption, is the act of redeeming, which, in its ordinary meaning is equal to bringing off a charge or obligation by payment, Sarish Chandra v. CLT, AIR 1961 SC 487: (1961) 1 SCJ 495.Redemption. 1. A paying off of a loan (see FUNDS). The term is used especially with reference to the paying off of a mortgage debt. An action of redemption is a suit brought to compel the mortgagee to recover the property to the mortgagor on the latter paying the mortgage debt. See EQUITY OF REDEMPTION; PROVISO FOR REDEMPTION.2. Commutation or the substitution of one lump payment for a succession of annual ones: e.g., see the Land Tax and the Tithe Redemption Acts and many other statutes.Redemption is the act of redeeming which in its ordinary meaning is equal to bringing off a charge or obl...
Stakeholder
Stakeholder, one with whom a stake is deposited [see, generally, (English) Betting and Lotteries Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 58)]. As to when money deposited in the hands of a stakeholder, to abide the event of a wager, may be recovered, see Gaming Act, 1845, s. 18, and the title WAGER. A stakeholder of a sealed packet containing a document can be called upon to produce it upon a subp'na duces tecum, R. v. Daye, (1908) 2 KB 333. Upon a sale of land a sake-holder appears to hold the deposit for the party entitled thereto. He may interplead under R.S.C. Ord. LVII., and is entitled to retain the interest on the deposit for his pains: see Mr. Cyprian Williams in 71 L.J. (articles), pp. 162 and 180-Wolst. & Ch. Conveyancing Statutes, 12th Edn., p. 724. Apart from a special stipulation, it is not clear that a stakeholder converting the deposit into the property of either party before determination of the event is not acting in contradiction of his mandate. See INTRPLEADER.A disinterested t...
easement
easement [Anglo-French esement, literally, benefit, convenience, from Old French aisement, from aisier to ease, assist] : an interest in land owned by another that entitles its holder to a specific limited use or enjoyment (as the right to cross the land or have a view continue unobstructed over it) see also dominant estate and servient estate at estate compare license, profit, right of way, servitude affirmative easement : an easement entitling a person to do something affecting the land of another that would constitute trespass or a nuisance if not for the easement compare negative easement in this entry apparent easement : an easement whose existence is detectable by its outward appearance (as by the presence of a water pipe) ap·pur·te·nant easement [ə-pərt-n-ənt-] : easement appurtenant in this entry common easement : an easement in which the owner of the land burdened by the easement retains the privilege of sharing the benefits of the easeme...
Estate
Estate [fr. status, Lat.; etat, Fr.], the condition and circumstance in which an owner stands with regard to his property. The word is used in several senses and may denote either an estate in land; or an estate in property other than land; a legal estate or an equitable estate, land being an immovable is capable of being the subject of many estates existing concurrently with each other, thus the absolute ownership or fee simple may be leased and sub-leased, mortgaged and charged, each of the holders of these estates having a good legal or equitable estate at the same time; again, estates may be in possession, or in futuro; personal property may also be subject concurrently to a variety of ownerships, according to its nature; technically, in regard to land, the word is used to denote the quantity of interest, e.g., estate in fee simple, for life, for years, etc., in either legal or equitable estates. In practice its most important division is into real estate and personal estate, altho...
Land scrip
Land scrip, means a negotiable instrument entitling the holder, usu. a person or company engaged in public service, to possess specified areas of public land, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 884....
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