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Fixtures. Things of an accessory character which are not something which is part of the original struc-ture, Boswell v. Crucible Steel Co., (1925) 1 KB 119, annexed to houses or lands, which become, immediately on annexation, part of the realty itself, i.e., governed by the same law which applies to the land, in conformity with the maxim quicquid plantatur solo, solo cedit. The application of this legal principle, however, is not uniform, as may be thus shown:(1) Between landlord and tenant. If the chattels be not let into the soil, they are not fixtures at all, and may be removed at will, like any other species of personal property. When the chattel is connected with the free-hold, by being let into the earth, or by being cemented or otherwise united to some erection attached to the ground, the question arises-when may the tenant remove such fixtures?The general rule as to annexations made by a tenant during the continuance of his term is the following-Whenever he has affixed anything...
Fungibiles
Fungibiles, movable goods, which may be estimated by weight, number, or measure, such as corn, wine, or money...
Furniture
Furniture, the expression 'furniture' has a wide connotation and includes all those articles which are used in a dwelling house or a place of business and commerce or a public building to furnish the establishment, New Chelur Manufactures v. CCE, (1998) 9 SCC 140 (141).Refers to movable items such as desks, tables, chairs, required for use or ornamentation in a house or office. Ordinarily, furniture is not something immoveable or fixed in a position that can be removed only by cannibalizing, Craft Interiors Pvt. Ltd. v. Commissioner of Central Excise, 2006 (9) JT 491: 2006 (11) SCALE 78: 2006 (8) Supreme 789: 2006 (8) SLT 49: 2006 (206) ELT 529....
Jus relictae
Jus relictae, means 'right of a widower'. A widow's claim to her share of her deceased husband's movable estate. If the widow has children, her share in one-third; if not, her share is one-half, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 867.Jus relict', the right of a widow in her deceased husband's personality; if there be children, she is entitled to a third of it; if there be none, to a half. But see now the (English) Intestate Husband's Estate (Scotland) Act, 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 10). See REASONABLE PARTS....
Gift, 'transfer of property
Gift, 'transfer of property', the definition of 'gift' makes it clear that there has to be a transfer by one person to another of movable or immovable property; such transfer has to be voluntary and without consideration in money or money's worth. What is, therefore, absolutely essential for the purposes of a gift is a transfer of property. 'Transfer of property' is defined for the purposes of the Gift-tax Act as any disposition or conveyance, or assignment or settlement or delivery or payment or other alienation of property, C.G.T. v. T.M. Louiz, (2000) 7 SCC 486: AIR 2000 SC 3136 (3138). [Gift-tax Act, 1958, ss. 2(xii) & (xxiv), 3 and 4]...
Gurdwara property
Gurdwara property, means,-(i) all movable and immovable property, which, immediately before the appointed day, vested or was kept in deposit in the name of the Board; (ii) all property which stands in the name of the Gurdwaras or in the name of the Board or the present or old managers of the historic Gurdwaras; (iii) all offerings in cash or kind made in various Gurdwaras or institution, managed or controlled by the Committee; (iv) all property in cash or kind, movables as well as immovable that may be acquired by purchase, exchange or otherwise by the Gurdwaras, or the Committee, from time to time; (v) all grants, donations or contributions made, from time to time, by any person or authority to the Gurdwaras or the Committee, and includes any actionable claim with respect to such Gurdwara property. [Delhi Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1971 (82 of 1971), s. 2(g)]...
Immobilise
Immobilise, means to make immobile, esp., to turn (movable property) into immovable property or to turn (circulating capital) into fixed capital, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 752....
Immovable
Immovable, not to be forced from its place, the characteristic of things real, or land. The courts of one country in general have no jurisdiction over immovable situate out of that country, see British South Africa Co. v. Companhia de Mozambique, 1893 AC 602. Also in foreign systems of law a term of the capital division of things into movable and immovable instead of real and personal....
Feasts
Feasts, anniversary days of rejoining, either on a civil or religious occasion; opposed to fasts. Our feasts are either (1) immovable, such as Christmas-day, the Circumcision, Epiphany, Candlemas-day, Lady-day, All Saints, and All Souls, besides the days of the several apostles, St. Peter, St. Thomas, etc.: these are always celebrated on the same day of the year; or (2) movable, such as Easter,which fixes all the rest, as Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Ash Wednesday, Sexagesima, Ascension-day, Pentecost, Trinity Sunday, etc. The four principal immovable feasts of the year, which are commonly assigned in England for the payment of rents on leases, are the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or Lady-day, being the 25th of March; the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, held on the 24th of June; the feast of St. Michael on the 29th of September; and Christmas-day on the 25th of December.A still unrepealed Act of 1551-2 (5 & 6 Edw. 6, c. 3), directs certain days therein mentioned (being all S...
Magna Carta
Magna Carta, [Latin 'great charter'] The English charter that King John granted to the barons in 1215 and Henry III and Edward I later confirmed. It is generally regarded as one of the great common-law documents and as the foundation of constitution liberties. The other three great charters of English Liberty are the Petition of Right (3 Car. (1628)), the Habeas Corpus Act (31 Car. 2 (1679)), and the Bill of Rights (1 Will. SM. (1689)). Also spelled Magna charta, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 963.This Great Charter is based substantially upon the Saxon Common Law, which flourished in this kingdom until the Normaninvasion consolidated the system of feudality, still the great characteristic of the principles of real property. The barons assembled at St.Edmund's Bury, in Suffolk, in the later part of the year 1214, and there solemnly swore upon the high alter to withdraw their allegiance from the Crown, and openly rebel, unless King John confirmed by a formal charter the ancient li...
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