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Surrender of copyholds

of the Common Law assurances. A surrender (which is vocabulum artis) is the yielding up of a legal tenancy in a copyhold estate, either by express words or operation of law, by the tenant after admittance, or

Summary

and quick procedure for expeditious disposal, Mohan Lal v. Kartar Singh, 1995 Supp (4) SCC 684 (693) (Punjab Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1955, s. 43

Subletting

Subletting, 'sub-letting' means transfer of an exclusive right to enjoy the property in favour of the third party and the said right must be in lieu of payment of some compensation or rent, Delhi Stationers and...

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Sir

of the proprietor, Harihar Prasad Singh v. Deonarayan Prasad, AIR 1956 SC 305 (309): 1956 SCR 1. [Bihar Tenancy Act, 1885 (8 of 1885), s. 116]

Salami

ITR 169. Salami, are (i) its single non-recurring character; and (ii) payment prior to the creation of the tenancy. It is the consideration, paid by the tenant for being let into possession, and can be neither rent

Relief

made by an heir of a feudal tenant to the feudal lord for privilege of succeeding to ancestor's tenancy, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1293. In the feudal law a payment made to the lord by

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

Hut

for the floor at the plinth level, is not constructed of masonry or reinforced concrete, West Bengal Thika Tenancy (Acquisition and Regulation) Act, 2001, s. 2(4).

vacate

make vacant b : to give up the occupancy of vi : to vacate an office, post, or tenancy

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

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