Servitude

servitude 1 : a condition in which an individual lacks liberty esp. to determine his or her course of action or way of life ;specif : the state of being a slave [involuntary ] see also Amendment XIII and Amendment XV to the Constitution in the back matter 2 : a right by which property owned by one person is subject to a specified use or enjoyment of another used chiefly in the civil law of Louisiana see also dominant estate and servient estate at estate compare easement apparent servitude : a predial servitude whose existence is perceivable by exterior signs or works (as an aqueduct or road) on the property legal servitude : a predial servitude that is created by a limitation under the law on the use of the property natural servitude : a predial servitude that arises from the situation of the estates (as from one being situated downhill from another) personal servitude : a servitude that burdens property in favor of a specific named person see also right of use, usufruct pre...

Penal Servitude

Penal Servitude, a punishment in the United King-dom which by the Penal Servitude Act, 1853, has superseded transportation (see that title) beyond the seas; but is in all respects as to hard labour, etc., similar to it. It ranges in duration from three years to the life of the convict.The (English) Criminal Law Consolidation Act of 1861 frequently authorise a minimum term of three years' penal servitude. This minimum of three years was altered to five by the (English) Penal Servitude Act, 1864, s. 2, but altered back to three by the (English) Penal Servitude Act, 1891, that very important Act providing as follows by s. 1:-(1) where under any enactment in force when this section comes into operation [5th Aug., 1891] a Court has power to award a sentence of penal servitude, the sentence may, at the discretion of the Court, be for any period not less than 3 years, and not exceeding either 5 years, or any greater period authorized by the enactment.(2) where under any Act now in force or un...

Servitude

Servitude, the term 'servitude' means nothing more than accepted restrictions and grant of servitude does not amount to cession of territory, Union of India v. Sukumar Sengupta, AIR 1990 SC 1692 (1707)....

Urban servitudes

Urban servitudes, servitudes connected with houses, such as support, light, stillicide, etc., Bell's Scots Law Dict., voce 'servitude.'...

apparent servitude

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legal servitude

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natural servitude

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personal servitude

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predial servitude

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Jurisdictional Servitude

Jurisdictional Servitude, a phrase which implies that the court (Supreme Court) is bound by its own jurisdictional limits. 'The bench, with all its limits to breakthrough, is bound by a jurisdictional servitude' [Shiv Mohan Singh v. State of Delhi, AIR 1977 SC 949 (953), para 15]. (Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer)...

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