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situs [Latin, position, site, from sinere to leave in place, allow] : a location that is or is held to be the site of something (as property or a crime or tort) and that commonly determines jurisdiction over it [the of a conspiracy] ...
Gypsies
Gypsies. The first of the laws against gypsies, 22 Hen. 8, c. 10, describes this people, who were then new-comers in this country, as 'outlandish persons calling themselves Egyptians, using no craft or feat or merchandise, who have come into this realm and go from shire to shire and place to place in great company, and use great, subtle, and crafty means to deceive the people, bearing them in hand, that they by palmistry could tell men's and women's fortunes; and so many times by craft and subtilty have deceived the people of their money, and also have committeed many heinous felonies and robberies.' It was enacted that if any such persons came within the realm, they should forfeit all their goods and chattels, and should leave the kingdom within fifteen days after command so to do, upon pain of imprisonment, 4 Reeves, c. xxx., 420.Both this Act, and the still more severe 1 & 2 P. & M. c. 4, have been repealed, as Acts not in use, by 19 & 20 Vict. c. 64. Fortune-tellers are, however, p...
Labourers' dwellings
Labourers' dwellings. Prior to 1890 the following five sets of enactments provided for the erection and maintenance of healthy 'labourers' dwellings,' the first three of the five being materially amended by the (English) Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c. 72):(1) The (English) Labouring Classes Lodging Houses and Dwelling Houses Acts, 1851, 1866, and 1867. These Acts might be 'adopted' by the town council of a borough and other local authorities. Upon the adoption of the Acts, corporate land might be appropriated and lodging-houses erected thereon, or money might be borrowed by the local authorities for erecting such houses on other land.The (English) Act of 1885 amended the procedure for adopting these Acts, allowed land to be bought for the purpose of the Acts, and allowed separate houses to be erected under the process of the Acts.The (English) Act of 1885 took away from an owner, required to demolish such dwellings, the power which he had under these Acts of...
Industrial purpose
Industrial purpose, there is no doubt that what was intended by this clause was that the site sold to the appellant shall not be used by him, for a commercial purpose as contradistinguished from an industrial purpose, that is to say, that he shall use it for the purpose of his own industry or business but not for any other purpose, Chandigarh Paper Board Mills Private Limited v. Chief Commissioner, (1982) 3 SCC 507. [Capital of Punjab (Development and Regulation) Act, 1952 (27 of 1952)]...
Housing of the working classes
Housing of the working classes. The Housing Act, 1936 (26 Geo. 5, and 1 Edw. 8, c. 51), replaces with amendments the Housing Acts, 1925, 1930 and 1935, and consolidates the general law on the subject with some exceptions, chiefly relating to agricultural populations and needs, which are also provided for in unrepeated portions of the Acts of 1930 and 1935. Very wide powers are conferred on local authorities over the ownership of land and housing properties, and populations within their districts, enabling those authorities to make bye-laws for houses occupied or adaptable for the working classes; to effect the clearance, demolition, rebuilding, redevelopment or improvement of houses either singly or in whole areas and other-wise regulating sites or houses; to prevent over-crowding, and generally making it incumbent on these authorities to review and provide for the housing conditions of the working classes, and in addition giving powers of compulsory expropria-tion of private owners fr...
Heritage building
Heritage building, means any building of one or more premises or any part thereof which requires preservation and conservation for historical, architectural environmental or cultural importance, and includes such portion of the adjoining such building or all parts thereof as may be required for fencing or covering or otherwise preserving such building, and also includes the areas and buildings requiring preservation and conservation for the purpose as aforesaid under sub-clause (ii) of clause (a) of sub-section (4) of section 31 of the West Bengal Town and Country (Planning and Development) Act, 1979 (West Bengal Act 13 of 1979), monuments of heritage importance, as defined in clause (i) of this section precincts or such other sites commonly considered for heritage importance, the West Bengal Heritage Commission Act, 2001, s. 2(f)....
Continuity of work
Continuity of work, involves the contractor having on site and using effectively such labour, materials and equipment as are needed in order to complete the works in a reasonable time, Franks & Collingwood (a firm) v. Gates, (1983) 1 Con LR 21 (25)....
Estate
Estate [fr. status, Lat.; etat, Fr.], the condition and circumstance in which an owner stands with regard to his property. The word is used in several senses and may denote either an estate in land; or an estate in property other than land; a legal estate or an equitable estate, land being an immovable is capable of being the subject of many estates existing concurrently with each other, thus the absolute ownership or fee simple may be leased and sub-leased, mortgaged and charged, each of the holders of these estates having a good legal or equitable estate at the same time; again, estates may be in possession, or in futuro; personal property may also be subject concurrently to a variety of ownerships, according to its nature; technically, in regard to land, the word is used to denote the quantity of interest, e.g., estate in fee simple, for life, for years, etc., in either legal or equitable estates. In practice its most important division is into real estate and personal estate, altho...
Land-gabel
Land-gabel, a tax or rent issuing out of land. Spelman says it was originally a penny for every house. This land-gabel, or land-gavel, in the Register of Domesday, was a quit-rent for the site of a house, or the land whereon it stood; the same as what we now call ground-rent....
Cock-pit
Cock-pit, a set of apartments built on the site of the old cock-pit of Whitehall Palace. This was converted into the Privy Council offices in the reign of William III.; but the old name remained till modern times....
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