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Competent authority

Competent authority, means (i) the speaker in the case of the House of the people or the legislative Assembly of...

Employee, includes not only persons employed directly by the employer but also persons employed through a contractor. Moreover, they include...

Pension, an annual allowance made to any one, usually in consideration of past services. By the (English) Succession to the...

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Landlord and tenant. A tenancy arises when the owner of an estate inland, called the lessor or landlord, agrees expressly...

Heir [fr. heire, Old Fr.; h'res, Lat.], a person who succeeds by descent to an estate of inheritance. It is...

Employer, means (i) a company; (ii) a firm; (iii) an association of persons or a body of individuals, whether incorporated...

Debenture [fr. debeo, Lat., to owe] may be defined generally as a charge in writing [not necessarily sealed, see British...

Court, compensation officer appointed under (English) Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950 is not a 'Court' within the meaning of s....

Copyhold. Tenure in copyhold has been abolished under the (English) L.P. Acts, 1922 and 1925, and the Amending Acts of...

By-laws, or bye-laws [fr. bilagines, from by, Sax., pagus, civitas, and lagen, lex, Spelm.], the laws, regulations, and constitutions of...

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