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Title

estate for a period of thirty years, unless an earlier title than forty years was required under the Vendor and Purchaser Act, 1874, or the Conveyancing Acts, 1881 and 1882, as in the case of leaseholds, advowsons,

Evidence

which is not relevant to the issues. As to when evidence of collateral facts is admissible, see Hales v. Kerr, (1908) 2 KB 601; Butterley Co. v. New Hucknall Colliery Co., (1909) 1 Ch 37. As to

Knowledge

presumed to have a reason to believe if he has sufficient cause to believe the same, Joti Parshad v. State of Haryana, AIR 1993 SC 1167 (1169): (1993) Supp 2 SCC 497. A state of mind entertained

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Waiver

rights and of facts enabling him to take effectual action for the enforcement of such rights, Dhanukdhari Singh v. Nathina Sahu, (1907) 7 Cal WN 848; Associated Hotels of India Ltd. v. S.B. Sardar Ranjit Singh, AIR

Bastard

legitimation of the children has always followed the intermarriage of the parents. The mother of a bastard cannot validly contract with another person for the transfer to that person of her rights and liabilities in respect of

Waste lands

desolate, abandoned, and not fit ordinarily for use for building purposes. In Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd Edn., Vol. 2, p. 2510, the meaning of the word 'waste' is given as: 1. Waste or desert land, uninhabited

Directors

Coalfield Ltd., (1908) 1 Ch 65], nor can a pension be granted to a retiring managing director, Normandy v. Ind, Coope & Co., (1908) 1 Ch 84; but they were under no personal liability except for fraud,

False pretence, obtaining property

by any false pretence: (1) with intent to defraud, obtains from any other person any chattel, money or valuable security, or causes or procures any money to be paid or any chattel or valuable security to be

Lost grant

that there must have been originally a grant to the claimant, which had been 'lost', Braja Kishore Jagdev v. Lingraj Samantaray, (2000) 6 SCC 540. Lost grant, is a presumption which arises in cases of immemorial user.

Public policy

the public interest. Expression does not admit of precise definition. Concept of 'public policy' is considered to be vague, susceptible to narrow or wider meaning depending upon the content in which it is used, Oil and Natural

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