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Consumption and use

Consummation, of tenancy by the curtesy is when a husband, upon his wife's death, becomes entitled to hold her lands in fee simple or fee tail, of which she was seised during the marriage, for his own life, provided he has had issue by her, capable of inheriting. His estate becomes initiate upon birth of a child.Consummation, (1) the completion of a thing; (2) the completion of a marriage between wedded persons by cohabitation.Consummation, defined in Black's Law Dictionary, 6th Edn., 'the completion of a thing; the completion of a marriage by cohabitation between spouses', Babu S/o Raveendran v. Babu S/o Bahuleyan, (2003) 7 SCC 37.Consumption, means every fact which it is necessary to establish to support a right or obtain a judgment, Sadanandan Bhadran v. Madhavan Sunil Kumar, (1998) 6 SCC 514.The word consumption in its primary sense means the act of consuming and in ordinary parlance means the use of an article in a way which destroys, wastes or uses up that article. But in some le...


Landlord and tenant

Landlord and tenant. A tenancy arises when the owner of an estate inland, called the lessor or landlord, agrees expressly or by implication to allow another person, called the lessee or tenant, to enjoy the exclusive possession and use of the land for a period less than the landlord's estate in it, generally upon payment of rent. The landlord's estate is called the reversion, and at common law, a power of distress for rent is incident to the reversion.Leases or tenancies may be (1) for any agreed period such as for years or less, e.g., for a year, half-year, quarter or week; (2) from year to year; (3) at will; (4) on sufferance; or (5) they may arise upon estoppel; or (6) exist by force of a statute (see LEASE; INCREASE OF RENT). In a narrower sense the words 'tenancy' and 'landlord and tenant' are generally restricted to lease of a house or land for occupational purposes. If nothing appears to the contrary, either expressly or by implication, in the lease or agreement, the landlord is...


Use

Use, connotes that the traveling or stationary vehicle at the time when it becames the subject-matters of a delictum was at the place where it is found in the course of its user in accordance with the permit granted to it, TV Moidu (in re:), AIR 1960 Mad 265.Use, in application of law is the profit or benefit of lands and tenement, or a trust and confidence reposed in a man for the holdings of lands, that he to whose use the trust is made shall take the profits thereof, Tomlins.Use, in relation to narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, means any kind of use except personal consumption. [Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (61 of 1985), s. 2 (xxviiia)]Meaning of the word 'use' in the Oxford Dictionary some of which are as follows: 'To make use of as a means or instrument; To employ for a profitable end;' Automotive Manufacturers (P) Ltd. v. Govern-ment of Andhra Pradesh, AIR 1972 SC 229 (231): (1972) 1 SCC 125: (1972) 2 SCR 593.1. The application or employment of s...


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