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Leave to defend

seeks merely to recover a debt or liquidated demand (see QUANTUM MERUIT) in money, or possession where a tenancy has expired or been determined by notice to quit, or has become liable to forfeiture for non-payment of

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

Public prosecutor

of a scheme or a project which ensures the general welfare of the public. [The West Bengal Thika Tenancy (Acquisition and Regulation Act, 2001, s. 2(12)] Public purpose, involves in it an element of general interest of

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Kamat

lands of the proprietor, Harihar Prasad Singh v. Deonarain Prasad, AIR 1956 SC 305: 1956 SCR 1. (Bihar Tenancy Act, 1885)

Jus accrescendi

Jus accrescendi (the right of survivorship). See JOINT-TENANCY. Means 'right of accretion'. A right of accrual; esp., the right of survivorship that a joint tenant enjoys, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 863.

Joint tenants

Joint tenants, are those who hold land or tenements by joint tenancy. K.J. Aiyar's Judicial Dictionary, 11th Edn., 1992, p. 644.

Ish

Ish, termination, as of a tenancy, See Black v. Clay, 1894 AC 368, Scots Law.

Proceedings

proceeding in the nature of a suit, Rajesab Imamsab v. Harishchandra, 1954 (56) Bom LR 638. [see Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948, s. 89(2)(b)(ii)] Means all steps or measures adopted in the presentation or defence

Salami/Agricultural income

Salami/Agricultural income, 'salami' is a compulsory payment by the tenant to the landlord at the inception of the tenancy. It is really a payment by the tenant to the landlord for being allowed to tale possession of

Pucca structure

or any combination of these materials, or any other material of a durable nature. [The West Bengal Thika Tenancy (Acquisition and Regulation) Act, 2001, s. 2(13)]

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