Precarious - Law Dictionary Search Results
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precarious : depending on the will or pleasure of another [a temporary and office] see also precarious possession at possession ...
precarious possession
precarious possession see possession ...
Precarious
Depending on the will or pleasure of another held by courtesy liable to be changed or lost at the pleasure of another as precarious privileges...
Precari' or preces
Precari' or preces, day-works which the tenants of certain manors are bound to give their lords in harvest time. Magna precaria was a great or general reaping day....
possession
possession 1 : the act, fact, or condition of having control of something: as a : actual possession in this entry b : constructive possession in this entry c : knowing dominion and control over a controlled substance or other contraband d in the civil law of Louisiana : the detention or enjoyment of a corporeal thing e : control or occupancy of property actual possession 1 : direct occupancy, use, or control of real property [had actual possession of the land despite a lack of legal title] 2 : direct physical custody, care, or control of property or contraband (as illegal drugs) [actual possession is not necessary to sustain a conviction "State v. Garrison, 896 S.W.2d 689 (1995)"] adverse possession : actual possession of another's real property that is open, hostile, exclusive, continuous, adverse to the claim of the owner, often under a claim of right or color of title, and that may give rise to title in the possessor if carried out for a specified statutory period (as ...
prescribe
prescribe pre·scribed pre·scrib·ing vi 1 : to claim title or a right to something (as an easement) by prescription [a precarious possessor cannot against the owner] 2 in the civil law of Louisiana : to become unenforceable or invalid by prescription [any party having an interest in a money judgment may have it revived before it s "Louisiana Civil Code"] vt 1 : to lay down as a rule or guide : specify with authority [the times, places and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the legislature thereof "U.S. Constitution art. I"] 2 in the civil law of Louisiana : to invalidate or bar the enforcement of by prescription [this claim for damages shall not be prescribed so long as the minor's right of action exists against his tutor "Louisiana Civil Code"] ...
prescription
prescription [partly from Middle French prescription establishment of a claim, from Late Latin praescription- praescriptio, from Latin, act of writing at the beginning, order, from praescribere to write at the beginning, dictate, order; partly from Latin praescription- praescriptio order] 1 : acquisition of an interest (as an easement) in real property that is usually less than a fee by long-term, continuous, open, and hostile use and possession as determined by the law of a jurisdiction [gained title by ] see also easement by prescription at easement compare adverse possession at possession 2 in the civil law of Louisiana a : the running of a period of time set by law after which a right is unenforceable in Louisiana courts but may be enforced in another state forum [an interruption of ] [by the of ten years] ;also : the bar to an action that results from prescription see also peremptory exception compare peremption b : the creation of a right by the running of a period of time...
Hindu undivided family
Hindu undivided family, A Hindu undivided family is a fleeting body. Its composition changes by births, deaths, marriages and divorces. Such a partnership is likely to have a precarious existence, Messrs Agarwal and Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, AIR 1970 SC 1343: (1971) 1 SCR 237: (1970) 2 SCC 48.The expression 'Hindu undivided family' in the Income-tax Act is used in the sense in which a Hindu joint family is understood under the various schools of Hindu law (see Attorney-General of Ceylon v. Ar. Arunachalam Chettiar (1958) 34 ITR 42: 1957 AC 540) and Gowli Buddanna v. CIT. (supra). In the case of CIT v. Rm. Are. Veerappa Chettiar, ((1970) 3 SCR 307: (1970) 76 ITR 467: (1970) 1 SCC 174) the Supreme Court observed that under the Hindu law it is not predicated of a Hindu joint family that there must be a male members. It was accordingly held that so long as the property which was originally of the joint Hindu family remains in the hands of the Widows of the members of the family an...
Interest (in a property)
Interest (in a property), the word 'interest' which is mentioned in this rule means interest in the property i.e., the subject-matter of the suit and the interest is the interest of the person who was the party to the suit, Rikhu Dev, Chela Bawa Harjug Dass v. Som Dass, AIR 1975 SC 2159: (1976) 1 SCC 103: (1976) 1 SCR 487 [Civil PC 1908, O. 22, R. 10]The statute has not defined the word 'interest' and therefore it must be deemed to be of the widest possible amplitude. It will include not only an absolute interest but also a limited interest, a precarious interest and an inchoate interest or the like, Ramjivan v. Phoola, AIR 1976 SC 844 (851): (1976) 3 SCR 262....
Question of law
Question of law, means of having substance, essential, real or sound worth, important or considerable, Santosh Hazari v. Purushottam Tiwari, (2001) 3 SCC 179.The proper effect of a proved fact is a question of law, and the question whether a tenancy is permanent or precarious a legal inference from facts and not itself a question of fact, Dhanna Mal v. Rai Bahadur Lala Moti Sagar, AIR 1927 PC 102.Question of law. See last title. See also JUDGMENT 'SPECIAL CASE; and TRIAL....
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