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Tenant, embraces in itself, the heirs of the deceased called 'statutory tenants' as even after the determination of the tenancy continued to have an estate on the tenanted premises, which are heritable, Kasturi Lal v. Brimlal, 1986 Sim LJ 86.Tenant, includes a sub-tenant and self-cultivating lessee, but shall not include a present holder, Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887, ss. 5, 6, 7, 8; Punjab Settlement Manual, 1899, pp. 142.Tenant, is a word which standing by itself denotes in law 'one who holds lands by any kind of title whether for years or for life or in fee' and does not necessarily mean a lessee unless it is used in opposition to landlord, Ekambara Ayyar v. Meenatchi Ammal, 1904 ILR 27 Mad 401.Means a agriculturist who cultivates personally the land he holds on lease from the landlord and includes a person who is deemed to be a tenant, Racha Naika v. State of Karnataka, 1992 (3) Kant LJ 616.Means a person by whom its rent is payable, and on the tenant's death--(1) in the case of a resi...
Premises
Premises (pr'missa), in logic, propositions antecedently supposed or proved. In a deed the 'premises' are all the parts preceding the habendum. The word properly applies to what has been previously described or mentioned, and is used only in that sense in well-drawn instruments (Dav. Prec. in Conveyancing, vol. i.). It is, however, often used as meaning land or houses.For the statutory meaning, see particular statutes, e.g., (English) Public Health Act, 1875, s. 4, where 'premises' includes messuages, buildings, lands, easements, tenements and hereditaments of any tenure.Include any shop, stall, or place where any article of good is sold or manufactured or stored for sale. [Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 (37 of 1954), s. 2 (xi)]Means any land or any building or part of a building and includes-The garden, grounds and outhouses, if any, appertaining to such building or part of a building, andAny fittings affixed to such building or part of a building for the more beneficial en...
Tenant of buildings
Tenant of buildings, when the landlord had let the residential building together with the appurtenant land, tenancy would not be tenancy of land. Thus the tenant of land without a residential building is not tenant of a building, V. Sanjeevaraya v. Raghavachari, AIR 1969 SC 435: 1969 (1) SCWR 731: 1969 Ren Cr 715: 1969 (1) SCJ 760: 1969 (1) Andh WR SC 90....
Hut
Hut, 'hut' means any building, which is constructed principally of wood, bamboo, mud, leaves, grass or thatch and includes any temporary structure of whatever size or any small building of whatever material made. [Manipur Municipalities Act, 1994 (43 of 1994), s. 2(24)]The expression 'hut' cannot be restricted only to huts or cottages intended to be lived in. It will also take in any shed, hut or other crude or third class construction consisting of an enclosure made of mud or by poles supporting a tin or abestos roof that can be put to use for any purpose - residential or non-residential, in the same manner as any other first class construction. The kaichalai is a structure which falls within the purview of the definition. Surya Kumar Govindji v. Krishnammal, (1990) 4 SCC 343 (349). [T.N. Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Act, 1960 (18 of 1960), s. 2(2)]Means any building, no material portion of which above the plinth level is constructed of masonry or of squared timber framing or of...
Kudiyiruppu
Kudiyiruppu, 'kudiyiruppu' means a holding or part of holding consisting of the site of any residen-tial building, the site or sites of other buildings appurtenant thereto, such other lands as are necessary for the convenient enjoyment of such re-sidential building and easements attached thereto, but does not include a kudikidappu, Kuchiyan Govinda Swami v. Kalliani Amma Lakshmi Amma, AIR 1966 SC 1937 (1939): (1966) Supp SCR 135. [Kerala Land Reforms Act, 1963 (1 of 1964), s. 2(28)]Means a plot of ground can become a kudiyiruppu only when it forms or includes the site of a residential building. In other words, a vacant site not attached to a residential building will not be a kudiyiruppu, Sainavabu Umma v. Kunhammad, 1957 Ker LT 563: 1957 Ker LJ 503....
Katra
Katra, The primary meaning of the words 'katra' is enclosure and the secondary meaning is market; see AIR 1946 Lah 432. Generally, a katra would be a business locality though there might be purely residential katras. However, even purely residential katras would consist of a large number of houses to which a large number of people will resort, Bhau Ram v. Baij Nath Singh, AIR 1962 SC 1476 (1484): 1962 Supp (3) SCR 724. [Punjab Pre-emption Act, 1913 (1 of 1913), s. 5]...
Additional accommodation
Additional accommodation, takes in both residential as well as non-residential building, Davis v. Sebastian, (1999) 6 SCC 604....
Mixed hereditament
Mixed hereditament, means a hereditament which is not a domestic hereditament but in respect of which it appears to the rating authority or is determined that the proportion of the rateable value of the hereditament attributable to the part of the hereditament used for the purposes of a private dwelling or private dwellings is greater than one-eight. Any part of the hereditament used for the letting of rooms singly for residential purposes, whether by way of tenancy or licence and with or without board or other services or facilities, or used as sites for movable dwellings, is to be treated as used for purposes other than those of a private dwelling or private dwellings, Halsbury's Laws of England, 4th Edn., Vol. 39, para 192, at p. 169....
Establishment
Establishment, includes a shop, commercial estab-lishment, workshop, farm, residential hotel, restaurant, eating house, theatre or other place of public amusement or entertainment. [Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, s. 2(iv)]1. The act of establishing, the state or condition of being established, 2. An institution or place of business, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 566.It includes any place where any industry is carried on [and where an establishment consists of different departments or have branches, whether situated in the same place or at different places, all such departments or branches shall be treated as part of that establishment. [Apprentices Act, 1961 (52 of 1961), s. 2(g)]It means a corporation established by or under a Central, Provincial or State Act, or an authority or a body owned or controlled or aided by the government or a local authority or a Government company as defined in s. 617 of the Companies Act 1956 and includes Departments of a Gove...
Flat
Flat. A set of rooms on one floor of a house usually let unfurnished in many separate flats, which for all legal purposes are separate houses. For the purposes of the Housing Act, 1936, defined as a separate and self-contained set of premises constructed for use for the purposes of a dwelling and forming part of a building from some other part of which it is divided horizontally, and 'block of flats,' a building which contains two or more flats and consists of three or more storeys exclusive of any storey which is constructed for use for purposes other than those of a dwelling. See Blackwell on the Law of Residential Flats; Woodfall, L. and T., and Forms in Appendix B. of that work.adj. without an allowance or charge for accused interest, Black's Law Dictionary, p. 652.A house in a larger block; an apartment, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 652.Flat, means a separate set of premises forming part of a building being a set of premises occupied wholly or mainly as a private dwelling,...
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