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Conveyancing Acts (English)

common form. Some of the old forms were very lengthy, and required to be inserted with or without modification in every important conveyance of land. The Act of 1881 related inter alia to contracts, conveyances, mortgages, leases,

Copyhold

heir on the ancestor's death, and is called a copyhold of inheritance. As far as the quantity and modification of interest are concerned, the tenant's estate partakes of the nature of a freehold, but because it is

Covenant

as a land charge, see (English) L.C. Act, 1925, s. 10, Class C. As to the discharge or modification of Restrictive Covenants, see s. 84 of the L.P. Act, 1925. See also APPORTIONMENT; RUN WITH THE LAND.

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Cy-pres

it is sufficient that it is complied with as nearly as it practically can be, i.e., cy-pres. This modification is derived from the Civil Law, and stands upon the presumption tht the donor could not have intended

Either party

shoes of the spouses under the law and such persons would also be competent to ask for variation, modification or rescission of the order for maintenance, Aruno Basu Mullick v. Dorothea Mitra, (1983) 3 SCC 522: AIR

Exemption

a duty, liability or other requirement, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 594. The words 'exemption' or other modification are wide enough to enable the Central Government to give rebate such as has been allowed under the

Expedient

of policy; an expedient solution of a difficulty, hence, advantageous. The word 'expedient' occurring in the statute authorising modification, revocation under the circumstances would comprehend whatever is suitable and appropriate for any reason for the accomplishment of

Expropriation

property; also, dispossessing an owner of his property, wholly or partially. See Housing Acts. A government taking or modification of an individual's property rights, esp. by eminent domain, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 602.

Rule making clause

laid before each House of Parliament for its scrutiny and that each House has the power to suggest modification or annulment of a rule, Practice and Procedure of Parliament, M.N. Kaul and S.L. Shakdher, 5th Edn., 2001,

Gandharva marriage

a requisite part of this form of marriage as of any other unless it is shown that some modification of those ceremonies has been introduced by custom in any particular community or caste.(Mulla's Hindu Law, 12th Edn.,

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