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Remitter

Remitter. Where he who has the right of entry in lands, but is out of possession, obtains afterwards the possession of the lands by some subsequent, and, of course, defective title, he is remitted

Occupation

State of Karnataka, (2002) 8 SCC 481 (535). [Constitution of India, Article 19(1)(j)] The word occupation refers to lawful occupation, Amar Singh v. Union of India, AIR 1967 Del 110 (111). [Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Rules, … p. 1650; see also T.M.A. Pai Foundation v. State of Karnataka, (2005) 8 SCC 481. Means 'to take possession of, occupy, employ', Webster's Third New Dictionary. Means possession control, tenure, use, Black's Law Dictionary, 5th Edn. Occupation,

Tenancy

Tenancy [fr. tenentia, law Lat.], the condition of a tenant; the temporary possession of what belongs to another by his consent. 1. The possession or occupancy of land by right or

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heir

or physical infirmity cannot care for himself or herself and who cannot be deprived of his or her lawful portion of the decedent's estate by disinherison without just cause see also legitime heir ab in·tes·ta·to [-ab-in-tes-tā-tō, -Ä … heir : one who inherits or is entitled to succeed to the possession of property after the death of its owner: as a : one who by operation of law inherits

Magna Carta

perilous and slow, went their circuits but once in seven years; all disseisins then or dispossessings of the lawful owners of lands which took place before the last circuits were ancient, but all disseisins since were novel. … and of the Holy Church. After the fortess of Bedford had surrendered to them, and they were in possession of the metropolis, by private agreement with the citizens, the king sent a message to them to desire

British possession

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Seizure

Seizure, 'seizure' means something different because here seizure means that the Commissioner would take into possession the account books and take them outside the possession of the assessee, Mangat Rai v. State of Madhya

Seisin

Seisin, possession. The word is now confined to the possession of an estate of freehold. Possession of a freehold estate

Abatement

and before the heir or devisee enters, a stranger, having no right, makes a wrongful entry and gets possession of it. Such an entry is technically called an abatement, and the stranger an abater. It is, in

Settlement

Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1377. Settlement, suggests that, in the process of vesting, the right to possession in such lands is also vested in the State, and thereafter it is settled back with the outgoing

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