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property

in indivision at ownership NOTE: The states having community property are Louisiana, Arizona, California, Texas, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, and Wisconsin. immovable property : real property in this entry ;specif in the civil law of Louisiana … his or her own death, where it is subject to taxation. real property : property consisting of land, buildings, crops, or other resources still attached to or within the land or improvements or fixtures permanently attached to

Stamp duties

Agreements for Leases, (4) Mortgages whether legal or equitable, or (5) Settlements, the Act of 1888 created the new offence of not stamping, imposing the special penalty of ten pounds, which falls upon the obligee, vendee or … exceeds the sum of 500l. Consult Alpe on Stamp Duties. As to exemption from certain stamp duties, see Build-ing Societies Act, 1874, s. 41; Friendly Societies Act, 1896, s. 33; Revenue Act, 1911, s. 15; Finance Act,

Petroleum

Petroleum, is an oily, inflammable liquid made up mostly of hydrocarbons compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon, the New Bank of Popular Science, Vol. 2; Special Reference No. 1 of 2001, In Re (2004) 4 SCC 489. … can be extracted by destructive distillation. See also London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1912, Part II.; London Building Act, 1930, s. 99; and EXPLOSIVE SUBSTANCES; OIL IN NAVIGABLE WATERS; MOTOR SPIRIT; and Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Petroleum.'

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Occupation

profession, job, principal activity, employment, business or a calling in which an individual is engaged, Sodan Singh v. New Delh Municipal Committee, (1989) 4 SCC 155. Is defined as 'an activity in which one engages' or a … amount to an act of occupation', Harjit Singh v. Harban Lal, AIR 1991 P&H 217. [See UP Urban Buildings Regulation of Letting Rent and Eviction Act, 1972]

Property

any movable property, money or valuable security. [Police Act, 1861 (5 of 1961), s. 1] Proprietor of a new or original design,-- (i) where the author of the design, for good consideration, executes the work for some … a subject of property. Consult Williams on Real Property; Williams on Personal Property. Means the land, the multi-storeyed building, all improvements and structures thereon, and all easements, rights and appurtenances belonging thereto, and all articles of personal

Estate

personal estate, although the consequences of that division have lost much of their importance since 1925, when a new system of conveyancing was introduced by the Real Property legislation of that year. (English) L.P. Act, 1925, s. … purposes of agriculture or for purposes ancillary thereto, including waste land, forest land, for pasture or sites of buildings and other structures occupied by cultivators of land, agricultural labourers and village artisans, Kannan Devan Hills Produce v.

Gift

and to upon any consideration of blood or money. A similar definition has been given in WEBSTER'S THIRD NEW INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY (Unabridged) where the author defines gift thus: Something that is voluntarily transferred by one person to … property referred to in s. 4, deemed to be a gift under that section. Explanation.--A transfer of any building or part thereof referred to in clause (iii), Clause (iii-a) or clause (iii-b) of s. 27 of the

Copyhold

to the number of the tenants. Joint tenants succeed each other by right of survivorship and without a new admittance, and fines are not due but upon admittance; the application, therefore, of the general rule to the … remove the soil so far as is necessary for the purpose of making roads or drains or erecting buildings or obtaining water, (English) L.P. Act, 1922, 12th Sched., s. 5. Notwithstanding enfranchisement copyholds were, until 1935, still

Rateable value

Rateable value, means the value of any land or building fixed in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the bye-laws made thereunder for the purpose of

Founder

got it started or caused it to be built often by providing necessary money, [Collins Cobuild English Dictionary, New Edn., p. 670] Founder, a person who endows an eleemosynary corporation or institution, or supplies the funds for … Income Tax v. Bharat Diamond Bourse, (2003) 1 SCC 741. As the founder of the institution, organization, or building is the person who got it started or caused it to be built often by providing necessary money,

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