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security deposit

security deposit : money provided by a tenant to a landlord to secure performance of a rental agreement or compensate for possible loss or damage ...


deposit

deposit 1 : to place for safekeeping or as security [may the property with the court] ;esp : to put in a bank account 2 in the civil law of Louisiana : to place (movable property) under a deposit [the depository can not make use of the thing ed "Louisiana Civil Code"] de·pos·i·tor [di-pÄ -zə-tər] n n 1 : the state of being deposited (as in an account) [holding the property on ] compare escrow, trust 2 : something placed for safekeeping: as a : money deposited in a bank esp. to one's credit demand deposit : a bank deposit that can be withdrawn without prior notice general deposit : a deposit of money in a bank that is to the credit of the depositor thereby giving the depositor the right to money and creating a debtor-creditor relationship special deposit : a deposit that is made for a specific purpose, that is to be returned to the depositor, and that creates a bailment or trust time deposit : a bank deposit that can be withdrawn only after a...


Deposite base (authorised institution)

Deposite base (authorised institution), Deposit base of an institution in relation to any contribution is the amount which the Board determines as representing the average, over such period proceeding the levying of the contribution as appears to be appropriate of sterling deposits with the United Kingdom offices of that institution other than (1) secured deposits; (2) deposits which had an original term to maturity of more that five years; and (3) deposits in respect of which the institution has in the United Kingdom issued a sterling certificate of deposit, Banking Act 1987, s. 52(4) (UK) Halsbury's Laws of England 3(1), para 109, p. 92....


Deposit

Deposit, money paid to a person as an earnest or security for the performance of some contract, especially a contract for the sale of real estate. Also a naked bailment of goods to be kept for the bailor without recompense, and to be returned when the bailor shall require it. The appellation and the definition are both derived from the civil law. Depositum est quod custodiendum alicui datum est. It is, in the civil law, divisible into two kinds: (1) necessary, made upon some sudden emergency, and from some pressing necessity; as, for instance, in case of a fire, a shipwreck, or other overwhelming calamity, when property is confided to any person whom the depositor may meet without proper opportunity for reflection or choice, and thence it is called miserabile depositum; (2) voluntary, which arises from the mere consent and agreement of the parties. the Common Law has made no such division. There is another class of deposits, called involuntary, which may be without the assent or even k...


Mortgage by deposit of title deeds

Mortgage by deposit of title deeds, under the Transfer of Property Act a mortgage by deposit of title-deeds is one of the forms of mortgages whereunder there it a transfer of interest in specific immovable property for the purpose of securing payment of money advanced or to be advanced by way of loan. Therefore, such a mortgage of property takes effect against a mortgage deed subsequently executed and registered in respect of the same property. The three requisites for such a mortgage are (i) debt, (ii) deposit of title deeds; and (iii) an intention that the deeds shall be security for the debt, IC J Nathan v. S.V. Maruthi Rao, AIR 1965 SC 430 (435). [Transfer of Property Act, 1882, s. 58(f)]...


Deposit (Involuntary)

Deposit (Involuntary), where a chattel is sent, without request or arrangement, by one person to another who does not hold himself out as willing to receive it, the person to whom it is sent is under no liability to the sender for its safe custody or protection, but must not use it or otherwise convert it to his own use, Halsbury's Laws of England (2), para 1810, p. 37.Means a sum of money paid on terms: (1) under which it will be repaid, with or with out interest or a premium and either on demand or at a time or in circumstances agreed by or on behalf of the person making the payment and the person receiving it, and (2) which are not referable of the provision of property or services or the giving of security; and references in the Act to money deposited and to the making of a deposit are to be construed accordingly, (Banking Act, 1987) Halsbury's Laws of England 3(1), para 24, p. 20....


Security agreement

Security agreement, means an agreement, instru-ment or any other document or arrangement under which security interest is created in favour of the secured creditor including the creation of mortgage by deposit of title deeds with the secured creditor. [Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcements of Security Interest Act, 2002 (54 of 2002), s. 2(1) (zb)]...


Deposition

Deposition: (1) Depriving of a dignity, etc. (2) The act of giving public testimony, technically, the evidence put down in writing by way of answer to questions. It is an incontrovertible rule at Common Law, that when the witness himself can be produced, his deposition may not be read, for it is not the best evidence. But it may be read not only where it appears that the witness is actually dead, but in all cases where he is dead for all purposes of evidence: as where diligent search has been made for the witness and he cannot be found; where he resides in a place beyond the jurisdiction of the Court; or where he has become lunatic. See now, however, R. S.C. 1883, Ord. XXXVII., rr. 1, 5; and EVIDENCE; PERPETUATE TESTIMONY, BILLS TO.As to deposition in criminal proceedings (in connec-tion with which the term is most commonly used), see especially the (English) Indictable Offences Act, 1848 (11 & 12 Vict. c. 42), s. 17, and the (English) Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c....


deposition

deposition [Late Latin depositio testimony, from Latin, act of depositing, from deponere to put down, deposit] 1 a : a statement that is made under oath by a party or witness (as an expert) in response to oral examination or written questions and that is recorded by an authorized officer (as a court reporter) ;broadly : affidavit b : the certified document recording such a statement compare interrogatory 2 : the hearing at which a deposition is made [order that the testimony at a be recorded by other than stenographic means "Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 38(b)"] NOTE: A deposition can be used as a method of discovery, to preserve the testimony of a witness who is likely to become unavailable for trial, or for impeachment of testimony at trial. Depositions are distinguished from affidavits by the requirement that notice and an opportunity to cross-examine the deponent must be given to the other party. ...


Compulsory deposite

Compulsory deposite, 'Compulsory deposit means a subscription to, or deposit in a Provident Fund which under the rules of the Fund, is not until the happening of some specified contingency repayable on demand otherwise than for the purpose of the payment of premia in respect of a policy of life insurance (or the payment of subscriptions or premia in respect of a family pension fund), and includes any contribution and any interest or increment which has accrued under the rules of the fund on any such subscription, deposit, contribution, and also any such subscription, deposit, contribution interest or increment remaining to the credit of the subscriber or depositor after the happening of any such contingency', Union of India v. Hira Devi, AIR 1952 SC 227 (228): (1952) SCR 765. [The Provident Funds Act XIX of 1925, s. 2 (a)]...


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