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spot zoning

spot zoning : the usually illegal rezoning of a small parcel of land within the limits of another zone that is illegal when not done in accord with a comprehensive zoning plan or when arbitrary or discriminatory compare variance ...


variance

variance 1 : a disagreement between two documents or positions ;esp : a disagreement between allegations (as in an indictment or complaint) and proof offered at trial that warrants an appropriate remedy (as a directed verdict or an acquittal) when prejudicial to the substantial rights of the defendant 2 : an authorization to do something contrary to the usual restriction [a granted by a state agency] ;esp : permission for a use of real property that is prohibited by a zoning ordinance see also unnecessary hardship compare spot zoning ...


Special Economic Zone

Special Economic Zone, means a specifically delineated duty-free enclave, as if it were a foreign territory for the purpose of trade operations, duties and tariffs, having been declared and notified in the official Gazette as a Special Economic Zone by the Central Government. [West Bengal Special Economic Zone Act, 2003, s. 2(l)]Means each Special Economic Zone notified under the proviso to sub-section (4) of section 3 and sub-section (1) of section 4 (including Free Trade and Warchousing Zone) and includes an existing Special Economic Zone. [Special Economic Zone Act, 2005 (28 of 2005), s. 2(za)]Means each Special Economic Zone notified under the proviso to sub-s. (4) of s. 3 and sub-s. (1) of s. 4 (including Free Trade and Warehousing Zone) and includes an existing Special Economic Zone. [Special Economic Zone Act, 2005, s. 2(Za)]Means the area declared by the Government of India as the Special Economic Zones. [Gujarat Special Economic Zone Act, 2004, s. 2(n)]Means an area identified...


Free Trade Zone

Free Trade Zone, means a the Bandla Free Trade Zone and the Santa Cruz Electronic Export Processing Zone and includes any other Free Trade Zone which the Central Government may by, notification in the Official gazette, specify for the purpose of this section. [Income-tax Act, 1961, s. 10A(iv)]A duty free area within a country to promote commerce, esp. transshipment and processing, without entering into the country's market, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 676....


Maritime zones of India

Maritime zones of India, means the territorial waters, the contiguous zone, the continental shelf, the exclusive economic zone or any other maritime zone of India. [Coast Guard Act, 1978 (30 of 1978), s. 2(m)]...


Zone

Zone, 'zone' means a zone specified in the Second Schedule comprising the territories mentioned therein, S. Prakasha Rao v. Commissioner of Commercial Taxes, AIR 1990 SC 997: (1990) 2 SCC 259: (1990) 1 SCR 561.Means any one of the divisions in which Delhi may be divided for the purposes of development under this Act. [Delhi Development Act, 1957 (61 of 1957), s. 2(k)]1. An Area that is different or is distinguished from surrounding areas 2. An area in city or town that through zoning regulations, is under particular restrictions as to building size law use and the lime.-Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1612....


zone of interest

zone of interest :the range or category of interests that a statute or constitutional guarantee is intended to protect called also zone of interests NOTE: The interest of a party seeking to enforce a law or guarantee in a challenge to an action by the government (as by an administrative agency) must fall within the zone of interest protected by the law or guarantee in question, and the party must have suffered an injury in fact to that interest. ...


Existing Special Economic Zone

Existing Special Economic Zone, means every Special Economic Zone which is in existence on or before the commencement of this Act, the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, s. 2(k)....


Free Trade and Warehousing Zone

Free Trade and Warehousing Zone, means a Special Economic Zone wherein mainly trading and warehousing and other activities related thereto are carried on. [Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, s. 2(n)]...


drug-free zone

drug-free zone : a statutorily designated area or place (as a public park or beach or a school bus) within which the distribution of or possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance is an aggravated felony ;esp : such an area including and extending outward usually 1000 feet from the real property of a public or private school [it is irrelevant whether a person is aware that he or she is carrying on the prohibited drug activity in a drug-free zone "State v. Silva-Baltazar, 886 P.2d 138 (1994)"] ...


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