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Renewal fee, 'renewal fee' is the fee or fees payable by a kanam-tenant to his jenmi under the contract of tenancy for the renewal of the legal relationship under which the kanam-tenant has been holding any land, Cochin Devaswom Board v. Vamana Setti, AIR 1966 SC 1980: (1966) 3 SCR 724. [Tranvancore Cochin Kanan Tenancy Act, (24 of 1955), s. 2]...
Renewal of lease
Renewal of lease, a re-grant of an expiring lease for a further term. Where a lease contains a covenant by the lessor for renewal, this convenant is commonly subject to the condition that the covenants in the lease shall have been performed by the lessee, and this condition is strongly enforced by the Court, Finch v. Underwood, (1876) 2 Ch D 310.Leases may be surrendered in order to be renewed, without a surrender of under-leases, by virtue of the (English) Landlord and Tenant Act, 1730 (4 Geo. 2, c. 28), s. 6, before which Act a surrender of each under-lease was necessary.As to covenants for perpetual renewal, see Wynn v. Conway Corporation, (1914) 2 Ch 705, and cases there referred to.By the (English) Law of Property Act, 1922, s. 145, and 15th Sch., perpetually renewable leases have, from the 1st January, 1926, been converted into terms of 2,000 years from the date of the commen-cement of the existing term. The conversion is without prejudice to the covenants and conditions of the l...
Renewal
Renewal, Black's Dictionary, Sixth Edn., defines the word 'renewal' at p. 1299 thus: 'The act of renewing or reviving. A revival or rehabilitation of an expiring subject; that which is made a new or re-established. The substitution of a new right or obligation for another of the same nature. A change of something old to something new. To grant or obtain extension of.' In P. Ramanatha Aiyar's 'The Law Lexicon' (Reprint Edn. 1987), the word 're-newal' is defined at p. 1107 to mean 'a change of something old for something new'. The renewal of a 'licence' means 'a new licence granted by way of renewal'. The renewal of a negotiable bill or note is regarded simply as a prolongation of the original contract. The office of a 'renewal', as it is termed, of a life policy, is to prevent discontinuance or forfeiture. In Provash Chandra Dalui v. Biswanath Banerjee, 1989 Supp (1) SCC 487: (SCC at p. 496) in para 14, this Court drew the distinction between the meaning of the words extension and renew...
renewal
renewal 1 : the act or process of renewing [a of the copyright] 2 : the quality or state of being renewed 3 : something renewed 4 : something used for renewing ;specif : an expenditure that betters existing fixed assets 5 : the rebuilding of a large area (as of a city) by a public authority ...
Renewal of insurance policy
Renewal of insurance policy, a renewal of an insurance policy means repetition of the original policy. When renewed, the policy is extended and the renewed policy in identical terms from a different date of its expiration comes into force. In common parlance, by renewal, the old policy is revived and it is sort of a substitution of obligations under the old policy unless such policy provides otherwise, Biman Krishna Bose v. United India Insurance Co. Ltd., (2001) 6 SCC 477 (482)....
revalidation or renewal of a visa
revalidation or renewal of a visa Nonimmigrant visa applicants who currently have a visa, and are seeking renewal or revalidation of their visa for future travel to the U.S. must apply abroad, generally in their country of residence. The exception is renewal or revalidations of A, G, and NATO diplomatic and official visas (except A-3, G-5 and NATO-7), which continue to be processed in Washington and at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in New York. See Visa Renewal to learn more. Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...
Renewal of writs
Renewal of writs. It is provided by (English) R.S.C. 1883, Ord. VIII., that no writ of summons shall be in force for more than twelve months; but upon application before the expiration of the twelve months, may be renewed for six months from the date of such renewal, and so from time to time during the currency of the renewed writ, so as to be 'available to prevent the operation of any statute whereby (see LIMITATION OF ACTIONS) the time for the commencement of an action may be limited.' See Hewett v. Barr, (1891) 1 QB 98....
fee
fee [Middle English, fief, from Old French fé fief, ultimately from a Germanic word akin to Old High German fehu cattle] 1 : an inheritable freehold estate in real property ;esp : fee simple compare leasehold life estate at estate absolute fee : a fee granted with no restrictions or limitations on alienability : fee simple absolute at fee simple conditional fee : a fee that is subject to a condition: as a : fee simple conditional at fee simple b : fee simple on condition subsequent at fee simple defeasible fee : a fee that is subject to terminating or being terminated determinable fee : a defeasible fee that terminates automatically upon the occurrence of a specified event : fee simple determinable at fee simple fee patent : a fee simple absolute that is granted by a patent from the U.S. government ;also : a patent that grants a fee simple absolute [the land shall have the same status as though such fee patent had never been issued "U.S. Code"] NOTE: Allotm...
fee simple
fee simple pl: fees simple [simple without limitation (as to heirs) and unrestricted (as to transfer of ownership)] : a fee that is alienable (as by deed, will, or intestacy) and of potentially indefinite duration ;esp : fee simple absolute in this entry fee simple absolute : a fee that is freely inheritable and alienable without any limitations or restrictions on transfers and that is of indefinite duration NOTE: A fee simple absolute is conveyed by language granting the estate “to the grantee and his or her heirs,” “to the grantee, his heirs and assigns,” or “to the grantee.” The term heirs is considered in this context a word of limitation, and so this does not create a future interest in the estate in the heirs but simply makes the estate freely alienable. fee simple conditional : a fee granted to an individual and to that individual's descendants which is subject to a reversion or remainder if the grantee has no lineal descendants but wh...
Fee
Fee [fr. feoh, Sax.; fee, Dan., cattle; feudum, Med. Lat.; feu, Scot.], property peculiar; reward or recom-pense for services. See FEES. Also an estate of inheritance divided into there species: (1) fee-simple absolute; (2) qualified or conditional or base fee, including (3) fee-tail, formerly fee-conditional. By the (English) Law of Properties Act, 1925, s. 1, a fee-simple absolute in possession and a term of years absolute are the only estates in land capable of being conveyed or created at law. All other estates in land take effect as equitable interests [ibid., s. 1 (4)]. See FEE-SIMPLE.A charge for labour or services esp. professional services; Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 629.A 'fee' is generally defined to be a charge for a special service rendered to individuals by some governmental agency. The distinction between a tax and a fee lies primarily in the fact that a tax is levied as a part of a common burden, while a fee is a payment for a special benefit or privilege, Com...
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