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Tenants' Compensation Act, 1890

Tenants' Compensation Act, to remedy this hardship, provided that where a person occupies land under a contract of tenancy (whenever made) with the mortgagor, which is not binding on the mortgagee, the occupier shall, as against the

Holding

right given by the superior to the vassal. Holding is defined by s. 2(2) of the Travancore-Cochin Kanam Tenancy Act, 1955 as a parcel or parcels of land held under a single engagement by a tenant as a

Resumption

as on false suggestion had been granted by letters-patent, Bro. Ab. 291. 2. By agricultural landlord, before legal tenancy ended, of the tenant's land (generally in part only) for building, etc., purposes, making an abatement of rent … in many cases of yearly tenancy recourse may be had to s. 27 of the (English) Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923, by which:- Where a notice to quit is given by the landlord of a holding to a

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Khudkhast

proprietor by surrender, abandonment or otherwise, Harihar Prasad Singh v. Deonarain Prasad, AIR 1956 SC 305 (308). (Bihar Tenancy Act, 1885, s. 116. According to s. 3(9) of the U.P. Tenancy Act, Khudkasht means any land other than … AIR 1956 SC 305 (308). (Bihar Tenancy Act, 1885, s. 116. According to s. 3(9) of the U.P. Tenancy Act, Khudkasht means any land other than sir, activated by a Zamindar either by himself or by servants or

Renewal fee

land, Cochin Devaswom Board v. Vamana Setti, AIR 1966 SC 1980: (1966) 3 SCR 724. [Tranvancore Cochin Kanan Tenancy Act, (24 of 1955), s. 2]

Transfer

of surrender, his application deserves to be allowed, Brisa Munda v. Chando Kumari, AIR 1996 SC 704. [Chhotanagpur Tenancy Act (6 of 1908), s. 46(4) (a)] Transfer, is comprehensive and is regarded generally as comprehending within its scope

Forfeiture

take advantage of it, by express declaration, or by any act inconsistent with it, or admitting a continuing tenancy, as by receiving rent accrued due since the breach, or distraining for the same, or by subsequently encouraging

Real representative

in whom all his real estate except copyhold was vested notwithstanding his will, unless, as in a joint tenancy, any other person had a right to take by survivorship, so that one and the same person had … between the 31st December, 1897, and the 1st January, 1926, under the provisions of the (English) Land Transfer Act, 1897. Prior to the commencement on the 1st of January, 1898, of the (English) Land Transfer Act, 1897

Lease

s. 54). Possession by the tenant and receipt of rent by the landlord are good evidence of a tenancy. By the (English) Judicature Act,1925, s. 56, causes for the specific performance of contracts for leases are assigned

Lodger

1920, 1935, and if that dwelling or the house of which the rooms form parties not decontrolled, their tenancy is within those Acts (see INCREASEOF RENT). As to rent-books generally, in small houses, see (English) Housing Act,

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