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Town, denotes the existence of houses in close proximity, concentration of a large number of people in a comparatively small area, engagement of a bulk of the population in non-agricultural activities, Baliat Sheikh v. State of West Bengal, AIR 1952 Cal 753; State v. Jagdish B. Rao, AIR 1970 Goa, Daman and Diu 54.Town, is an assemblage of buildings, public or private larger than a village and having more complete and independent local government, AIR 1970 Goa 54 (55). (Police Act, 1861, s. 34)1. A center of population that is larger and more fully developed then a village, but that is not incorporated as a city2. The territory within which this population lives, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.Ville [fr. tun, Sax.], a tithing or vill; any collection of houses larger than a village. A place 'cannot be a towne in law, unlesse it hath, or in time pasthath had, a church, and celebration of divine service, sacraments, and burials' (Co. Litt. 115 b). 'And it appeareth by Littleton, that a to...
In the town of.... and surrounding areas and extensions
In the town of.... and surrounding areas and extensions, surrounding areas and extensions would naturally include those areas which are on the periphery of the town, and which are adjacent to the town. They would not obviously include any areas which are geographically far removed from and situated at long distance from the town and which could not be said to be in the vicinity of the town, CIT v. Kamla Town Trust, AIR 1996 SC 620: (1996) 7 SCC 349....
Improvement of towns
Improvement of towns. The (English) Towns Im-provement Clauses Act, 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 34), 'comprises in one Act sundry provisions usually contained in' special Acts of Parliament theretofore passed 'for paving, draining, cleansing, lighting, and improving towns and populous districts,' to avoid the necessity for repeating such provisions in each special Act, and to ensure greater uniformity in the provisions themselves.Of this Act, ss. 64-83, which relate to the naming of streets and numbering of houses, to the improving the line of streets and removal of obstructions, to the securing or demolition of ruinous buildings, and to the taking precaution during the erection of works, and ss. 125-131, which relate to slaughter-houses, are incorporated with the (English) Public health Act, 1875, by ss. 160, 169 of that Act.The Town and Country Planning Act, 1932 (English) (22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 48), a codifying Act, repealing the (English) Town and Country Planning Act, 1925, authorises loc...
Town-service route
Town-service route, would mean a route within a town to enable passengers to go from one place to another in the town. But generally people in the peripheral and neighbouring areas would be frequenting the town and to serve them, buses have to ply between a place in the town and a place outside, Andhra Pradesh S.R.T.C. v. State Transport Appellate Tribunal, (1998) 7 SCC 353...
town clerk
town clerk : a public officer charged with recording the official proceedings and vital statistics of a town ...
out of town
happening in or being of another town or city as an out of town tryout...
Market towns
Market towns, those towns which are entitled to hold markets, 1 Steph. Com....
Town and Country Planning Acts
Town and Country Planning Acts. (English) See IMPROVEMENT OF TOWNS, and Addenda....
Town Crier
Town Crier, an officer in a town whose business itis to make proclamations. The time-honoured summons is 'Oyez' (hear ye), repeated three times, accompanied by ringing a bell or blowing a horn....
Town Hall
Town Hall, the hall where the public business of a town is transacted, and on or near the door of which, in the case of a municipal borough, public notices are directed to be fixed by s. 232 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1882 (repealed except as to London). See Local Government Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 51), s. 288....
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