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Possession

Ram, AIR 1973 SC 893 (896): (1973) 1 SCC 527: (1973) 3 SCR 411. [U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1951, s. 18(1)(a)] Possession is a word of ambiguous meaning and its legal senses do not always coincide

Adverse possession

of adverse possession, Vidya Devi v. Prem Prakash, (1995) 4 SCC 496 (504): AIR 1995 SC 1789. (Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954) --the nature of the property, the nature of title vesting in the rightful owner, the kind of

Tenure and tenure holder

the expressions 'tenure' and 'tenure holder' as defined in Cls. (q) and (r) of s. 2 in Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950 include both Government and Zamindari Ghatwals, Thakur Manmohan Deo v. State of Bihar, AIR 1961 SC 189

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Ejectment

Ejectment, the 'mixed' action at Common Law to recover the possession of land (which is real), and damages and costs for the wrongful withholding of the land (which are personal). Until … the title), against (the real defendant, the casual ejector Richard Roe having withdrawn). See A Cent. of Law Reform, p. 124. This fictitious procedure was abolished by the C.L.P. Act, 1852, which substituted a simple writ claiming

Raiyat

'Raiyat' means a person who holds land for purpose of agriculture, AIR 1972 Cal 381 (383). [West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1956, s. 2(10)]

Proprietor

includes a company, Motipur Zamindari Co. Ltd. v. State of Bihar, AIR 1953 SC 320. [See also Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950] Means a person as respects a village, muhal or land settled on zamindari system owning whether in

Resumable land

Matched in: Term Resumable land

Jagirdars

Act, Thakur Amar Singhji v. State of Rajasthan, AIR 1955 SC 504 (532): (1955) 2 SCR 303. [Rajasthan Land Reforms and Resumption of Jagirs Act, 1952 (6 of 1952), ss. 2(h) and 22(1) (a)]

Ijaredar

v. State of Vindhya Pradesh, AIR 1961 SC 1204: (1961) 3 SCR 907. [V.P. Abolition of Jagirs and Land Reforms Act, 1952, s. 2(1)(e)]

Wasteland

incultivated land included in the holding of such proprietors, Gaon Sabha v. Nathi, (2004) 12 SCC 555. [Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954, s. 7(1) Expl. (1)Q, 7(r)] Means lands which are desolate, abandoned, and not fit ordinarily for building

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