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Nuisance
according to its degree which was required in the particular circumstances of the case. Actions against persons or public undertakings for damage under statutory powers are generally founded on negligence. Where the actual method of exercising the … Any unauthorised act which, without direct physical interference, materially impairs the use and enjoyment by another of his property, or prejudicially affects his health, comfort, or convenience, is a nuisance. Nuisance may be distinguished from negligence in
Unclaimed property
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Public street
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Public trustee
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sale
this entry private sale : an often unadvertised sale of property that is not open to the general public and does not take place at a set time or place public sale : a sale (as an
Tax
by Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986)] Tax, are enforced in proportional contributions from persons and property, levied by the state by virtue of its sovereignty for the support of government and for all public … the subject; an excise; tallage. A monetary charge imposed by government on persons, entities or properly to yield public revenue, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1469. Some general principles of taxation have been said to be:-
Injunction
obstructions to highways and bridges, public rivers and harbours, and everything that renders the enjoyment of life and property hazardous and uncomfortable. In the case of a private nuisance, there must be such an injury as from … way of defence thereto, it being provided, however, that the court may direct a 'stay of proceedings.' Amongst public nuisances, restrainable either upon information or at suit of a private person immediately grieved by them, may be
Street
(1 of 1894), ss. 5A, 17; Punjab Municipal Act (3 of 1911), s. 58] Street, in the (English) Public Health Act, 1936 (26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8, c. 49), by s. 343, includes any highway, … and whether a thoroughfare or not; and shall include every vacant space notwithstanding that it may be private property and partly or wholly obstructed by any gate, post, chain or other barrier, if houses, shops or other
Eminent domain
reassert, either temporarily or permanently, its dominion over any portion of the soil of the State including private property without its owner's consent on account of public exigency and for the public good. Eminent domain is the … Eminent domain, the right which a Government retains over the estates of individuals to resume them for public use. The right of 'eminent domain' is the right of the sovereign State, through its regular agencies, to
Compensation
equivalent in money which is paid to the owners and occupiers of lands taken or injuriously affected for public purposes and under Act of Parliament, e.g., the (English) Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. … the right to compensation is guaranteed by the Constitution or regarded as inextricably involved in the right to property, Rustom Cavasjee Cooper v. Union of India, (1970) 1 SCC 248: AIR 1970 SC 564: (1970) 3 SCR
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