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Taking and retaining

of it illegally, Bhinka v. Charan Singh, AIR 1959 SC 960 (965): (1959) Supp 2 SCR 798. [U.P. Tenancy Act (17 of 1939), s. 180]

Goodwill

a special trademark; see Re Dobie & Son, Ltd., 52 RPC 333. Compensation for goodwill on quitting a tenancy is provided for subject to the statutory conditions by the Landlord and Tenant Act, 1927 (17 & 18

Vir et uxor sunt quasi unica persona

acquisition of any property, under a disposition made after 1925, be treated as two persons. See also ENTIRETIES, TENANCY BY.

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Transferred his rights under the lease

immovable property is transfer of a right to enjoy such property. Parting with possession or control over the tenancy premises by the tenant in favour of a third person would amount to the tenant having 'transferred his

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

To be distributed in joint equal proportion

equal proportion, means when such an expression appears in a Will with reference to legatees, it creates only tenancy-in-common between them and the word 'joint' is not to be considered as giving a joint interest, but the

Tenant-right

for not being able to reap the full benefit of labour or improvements expended or made during the tenancy; or (2) the money due in pursuance of the custom. There is an implied contract by the landlord

Tenant right

Tenant right, means a tenant's right, upon termina-tion of the tenancy, to payment for unexhausted improvements made on the holding, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1479.

Survivorship

or one of two or more persons after the death of the other or others. See COMMORIENTES; JOINT TENANCY. In questions of construction of wills the difficulty generally arises in regard to the persons or class of

Question of law

179. The proper effect of a proved fact is a question of law, and the question whether a tenancy is permanent or precarious a legal inference from facts and not itself a question of fact, Dhanna Mal

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