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Inheritance

that is, shall stand in the same place as the person himself would have done had he been living. (5) That on failure of lineal descendants, or issue of the person last seized, the inheritance shall descend

Transfer of property

1920), s. 2 (1) (f)] Section 5 defined 'transfer of property' as meaning 'an Act by which a living person conveys property, in present or in future to one or more other living persons, or to himself, or

Residence

Bhagwan Dass v. Kamal Abrol, AIR 2005 SC 2583. Residence, abode, or continuance. The act or fact of living in a given place for sometime, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1310. Residence must prima facie have … a particular place for dwelling always or on permanent uninterrupted basis. Thus understood, even the requirement of a person being 'ordinarily resident' at a particular place is incapable of ensuring nexus between him and the place in

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Acquisition by transfer

Acquisition by transfer, 'Transfer of property' means an act by which a living person conveys property, in present or in future, to one or more other living persons, or to himself, or

Reside

to live in or at a particular place. The meaning, therefore, covers not only the place where the person has a permanent residence but also the place where the person has resided for a 'considerable time', (Oxford … Reside, means dwell permanently or for a considerable time, to have one's settled or usual abode, to live in or at a particular place, Oxford Dictionary. Means dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have

Resignation

and though it is synonymous with surrender, yet it is by use restrained to yielding up a spiritual living to the bishop, as surrender is the giving up of temporal land into the hands of the lord. … legal connotations which describe certain legal results. It is characteristically, the voluntary surrender of a position by the person on resigning, made freely and not under duress and the word is generally defined as an act of

Vagrants

by the Vagrancy Act, 1898, amended by the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1912, s. 7, as to men living on earnings of prostitution; and by (English) Poor Law Act, 1930, s. 150, as to obtaining relief by … Poor Law Act, 1930, s. 150, as to obtaining relief by falsehood. It points out three classes of persons:- 1st, idle and disorderly persons; 2nd, rogues and vagabonds; 3rd, incorrigible rogues. First. Idle and Disorderly Persons.-The following

Hindu

not define the term 'Hindu'. This word has had a fairly wide connotation. In origin, it indicated people living in the Indus region. It is only by subsequent usage and extension of meaning that the word acquired … Hindus by birth or religion i.e. to converts to Hinduism but also to a large number of other person. According to explanation (b) to s. 2(1) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act,

Domicile

has his home. By the term 'domicile,' in its ordinary acceptation, is meant the place where a person lives or has his home. In this sense the place where a person has his actual residence, inhabitancy, or

Threats

or office of profit or trust, (1)publishes or threatens to publish any libel upon any other person whether living or dead; or (2)directly or indirectly threatens to print or publish or directly or indirectly proposes to abstain

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