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Lease
a further exception to the rule is made by sub-s. (5) of s. 149, which saves legal terms taking effect in reversion expectant on a larger term. The (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, ss. 51 to … determinable, but not a lease for life or lives, or (not after 1925) limited to take effect in possession within 21 years as required by the Act; see infra. Until 1926, under a lease for years, except
Abduction
Abduction: (1) The forcible or fradulent taking away of a woman. It is felony:- (a) Where any person from motives of lucre takes away or … person fradulently allures, takes away or detains with like intent such a woman under 21 out of the possession and against the will of her parent or other person having the lawful care of her. In either
Seizure
State of Madhya Pradesh (1969) 2 SCC 697: (1970) 2 SCR 151. The act or an instance of taking possession of a person or property by legal right or process, esp., in constitutional law, a confiscation or arrest … Bihar, AIR 1967 SC 170: (1964) 1 SCJ 116: (1964) Mad LJ (Cr) 42. Means the act of taking possession of property by virtue of a warrant or legal authority. It is the power to take possession of
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Larceny
constitute the offence there must be an unlawful taking, which implies that the goods must pass from the possession of a true owner (including one who has a qualified property only in the goods, as a bailee), … Larceny [fr. larcin, Fr.; latrocinium, Lat.], contracted from latrociny, the unlawful taking and carrying away of things personal, with intent to deprive the rightful owner of the same. Larceny is
Salary or wages
falls within the expression 'sale occasions import', State of Maharashtra v. Embee Corporation, (1997) 7 SCC 190. Sale, taking place not only during the activities directed to the end of the exportation of the goods out of … tangible immovable property takes place when the seller place the buyer, or such person as he directs, in possession of the property, Pyare Lal v. Emperor, AIR 1945 All 135: (1945) ILR All 207. Sale, is found
Replevin
personal action to recover possession in specie of goods unlawfully taken (generally, but not exclusively, applicable to the taking of goods distrained for rent), by contesting the validity of the seizure, whereas, if the owner prefer to
Vested remainder
his heirs; here, as B. is in existence he is capable (or his heirs, if he die) of taking the possession whenever A.'s death may occur. A vested estate may take effect though the preceding estate be
Induction
Induction [fr. inductio, Lat., a leading into], the giving a parson possession of his church. A clerk is not complete incumbent until induction, which is performed by a mandate from … judge, who usually issues a precept to another clergyman to perform it for him. The person who inducts takes the hand of the clerk, and lays it on the ring, key, or latch of the church-door, or
Bailment
(as goods) for a limited time or specified purpose (as transportation) such that the individual or business entity taking possession is liable to some extent for loss or damage to the property, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn.
Occupier
Geo.5. s. 641), s. 3. In common parlance, an 'occupier' is one who 'takes' or (more usually) 'holds' possession: SHORTER OXFORD DICTIONARY, 3rd Edn. Vol. 2, p. 1433. In the legal sense, an occupier is a person … energy is used or proposed to be used. [Indian Electricity Rules, 1956, R. 2(1)(af)] The expression 'occupier' would take in its sweep every person who is in occupation of the area declared as slum area and irrespective
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