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Khas possession

Khas possession, the definition of the expression 'khas possession' in the Bihar Land Reforms Act, is stronger from the point of view of the person who is actually cultivating the lands than

Held

596; AIR 1995 SC 142. The word 'held' in s. 9 of the U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 means 'lawfully held'. Judicial propriety requires that if a bench of a High Court is unable

Death

1846 (9 & 10 Vict. c. 93) [(English) Lord Campbell's Act] to 1908, as amended by (English) Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 41), s. 2 (q.v.). as to the effect

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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

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

Separate estate

contract any separate property which at that time or thereafter she is restrained from anticipating. The (English) Law Reform (Married Women and Tortfeasors) Act, 1935 (25 & 26 Geo. 5, c. 30), repealed the provisions of this

Negligence

Statute, tit. 'Executors,' and the Fatal Accidents (Damage) Act, 1908 (8 Edw. 7, c. 7). The (English) Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 41), amends the (English) Fatal Accidents Acts, 1846-1908,

Electoral franchise

Hen. 6, c. 7). Towards the end of the eighteenth century the residence qualification was abolished. The (English) Reform Act, 1832, extended the franchise to 10l. copyholders and to leaseholders for terms of years, and tenants at

Measure of damage

he may have suffered by the breach. For the measure and limitation of damages under the (English) Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 41), s. 1, see Rose v. Ford, (1936)

Married women's property

to the enforcement of judgments and orders in all respects as if she was a feme sole (Law Reform (M. W. and Tortfeasors) Act, 1935, s. 1). Except that she cannot be made bankrupt on any judgment

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