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Occupant

Ghurahu, AIR 1979 SC 413: (1979) 3 SCC 23: (1979) 2 SCR 296. [U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 (1 of 1951), s. 20(b)(i)] Occupant is a person who having obtained the right to possess

Holding

SC 1980 (1985): (1966) 3 SCR 724. The word 'hold' used in s. 7A of the Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950 would mean that the intermediary must hold, as owner under a title and in occupation of

Family

(1981) 1 SCC 166. The definition of 'family' as contained in S. 14K(c) of the West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955, is more realistic than the definitions of this term in similar laws for imposition of ceiling

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Bastard

dependants in (English) Lord Campbell's Act (Fatal Accidents Act, 1846) only covered legitimate relatives, but the (English) Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1934, s. 2, those definitions have been extended to comprise an illegitimate person. See (English)

Radicalism

The quality or state of being radical specifically the doctrines or principles of radicals in politics or social reform

Banking policy

Geo. 5, c. 59), s. 125; Re Clark, (1914) 3 KB 1095, but now by the (English) Law Reform (Married Women and Tortfeasors) Act, 1935 (c. 30), any married woman (trading or not) is made subject to

Anticipation

while in force is not affected by the restraint, see Jud. Act, 1925, s. 1, and the Law Reform (Married Women and Tortfeasors) Act, 1935 (25 & 26 Geo. 5, c. 30). The Act of 1935 has

Amnesty

classes of persons who are subject to trial but have not yet been convicted, e.g. the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act provided amnesty for undocumented aliens already present in the country, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.,

Alnet, De

relief or other alms was a disqualification for the parliamentary franchise in boroughs by s. 36 of the Reform Act, 1832 (2 & 3 Will. 4, c. 45), and in counties by s. 40 of the Representation

Adoption

385; Reg. v. Walker, (1912) 28 TLR 342 (375). See Geary on Marriage and Family Relations, and Law Reform (Misc. Prov.) Act; 1934, s. 2. Adoption of Poor Child.--Sometimes benevolent persons apply to County or Borough Councils,

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