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Sthreeshwothu

Sthreeshwothu, is a tenure which creates a right in property to a group among 'Marumakkathayees', the line of succession being restricted to

Service matter

owned or controlled by the Government, as respects, (i) Remuneration (includ-ing allowances), pension and other retirement benefits; (ii) tenure including confirmation, senio-rity, promotion, reversion, premature retirement and superannuation; (iii) leave of any kind; (iv) disciplinary matters; or

Shelley's case, Rule in

be described thus: Where a life free-hold, either legal or equitable in realty (whether of freehold or copyhold tenure), is limited by any assurance to a person, and by the same assurance the inheritance of the same

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Sheriff-tooth

Sheriff-tooth, a tenure by the service of providing entertainment for the sheriff at his county courts; a common tax, formerly levied

Slippa

Slippa, a stirrup. There is a tenure of land in Cambridgeshire by holding the sovereign's striuup.

Socmanry

Socmanry, a free tenure by socage.

Steward of manor

solicitor. The office has been deprived of much of its importance in consequence of the abolition of copyhold tenure by the (English) Law of Property Act, 1922 (see COPYHOLDS). The scale of compensation to the steward of

Subeguzar

Subeguzar, means who pay a fixed annual amount for the grant held by them. While the tenure is called 'sube', its holder is called not 'subedar' which has a different meaning but 'subeguzar', Thakur Amar

Tenor est pactio contra communem feudi naturam ac rationem in contractu interposita

Tenor est pactio contra communem feudi naturam ac rationem in contractu interposita (Wright, Ten. 21), tenure is a compact contrary to the common nature of the fee, put into a contract

Subinfeudation

held of themselves, and were so proceeding downward in infinitum till they were stopped by legislative provisions. See TENURE, and Addenda.

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