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Nizam

Nizam, an arranger; the superior officer of a province charged with the administration of criminal law, Indian....

Decree [fr. decretum, Lat.], an edict, a law.The term was also used for the judgment of a Court of Equity. But by the (English) Judicature Acts, 1873 and 1875, the expression judgment, which was formerly used only in Courts of Common Law, is adopted in reference to the decisions of all Divisions of the Supreme Court, and [(English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 225, replacing (English) Act of 1873, s. 100] includes decree. See JUDGMENT, and consult Seton on Decrees. In Scotland the judgment of a Court disposing of a case (accent on first syllable).Decree means a formal expression of an adjudication which the Court conclusively and finally determines the rights of the parties with regard to all or any of the matters in controversy in the suit, Deep Chand v. Land Acquisition Officer, (1994) 4 SCC 99: AIR 1994 SC 1901.A decree in invitum is not an instrument securing money or other property; such a decree is a record of the formal adjudication of the Court relating to a right claimed by a part...

Firman

Firman, the 'Firmans' were expressions of the sovereign will of the Nizam and they were binding in the same way as any other law; nay, they would override all other laws which were in conflict with them. So long as a particular 'Firman' held the field, that alone would govern or regulate the rights of the parties concerned, though it could be annulled or modified by a later 'Firman' at any time that the Nizam willed, Ameer-un-Nissa Begum v. Mahboob Begum, AIR 1955 SC 352 (399)....

Hold

Hold, to have as tenant.Of a Court or judge, to enounce a legal opinion. In strictness, a court 'holds,' and a single, judge 'rules.'It means 'own', State of West Bengal v. Subodh Gopal Bose, AIR 1954 SC 92: (1954) SCR 587.'Hold' means own. This expression connotes two concepts, i.e., physical possession or legal title to the vacant lands, Govt. of A.P. v. H.E.H. Nizam, Hyderabad, AIR 1996 SC 3142: (1996) 3 SCC 282. [Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976, s. 3]1. In England, tenure 2. This word occurs most often in conjunction with other, e.g. fee-hold, lease hold, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn....

Niaazmut

Niaazmut, arrangement, government, the officer of the Nazam or Nizam, Ibid....

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