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Occupying

Occupying, a person must be deemed to be occupying a residential building at the time of an application for eviction if any of the members of his family including dependants reside in the building with his...

Occupier and owner

Occupier and owner, s. 4, Easement Act shows, that not merely the 'owner' but even an 'occupier' may acquire an 'easement' and there is no prima facie reason why the enjoyment he had as an 'occupier'...

Occupation debt

Occupation debt, 'occupation debt' is defined as a debt payable by virtue of an obligation incurred during the occupation period and accruing due at any time. The term 'debt' is commonly used to describe liabilities which...

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Occasional or casual visit

Occasional or casual visit, occasional or casual visits mean visits which are not regular, which take place at uncertain intervals and not for a specific or certain object connected with the assessees' regular plan of life,...

Occasion arises

Occasion arises, the mere existence of factions and the coming into being of a protracted state of what may be called cold war between factions would be an 'occasion' when the cold war becomes or threatens...

Object held sacred

Object held sacred, the word 'object' has to be interpreted 'ejusdem generis' with a place of worship. Interpreted like that,it would mean that the section would apply only to cases where an idol in a temple...

Mulla

Mulla, the word 'Mulla' is defined as a learned man. This obviously is the etymological meaning, being the same as Moulvi or Maulana, but it has also got the secondary meaning of a village schoolmaster or...

Mauje

Mauje, the word Mauje is used in respect of villages in which there are cultivators owning cultivable lands (AIR 1915 Mad 727), Roman Catholic Mission v. State of Madras, AIR 1966 SC 1457 (1461): (1966) 3...

Malice

Malice [fr. malitia, Lat.], a formed design of doing mischief to another, technically called malitia pr'cogitata, or malice prepense or aforethought. It is either express, as when one with a sedate and deliberate mind and formed...

Maintains or has maintained for him a dwelling place

Maintains or has maintained for him a dwelling place, 'maintains a dwelling place' connotes the idea that the assessee owns or has taken on rent or on a mortgage with possession a dwelling house which he...

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