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Company in which the public are substantially interested

to be one in which the public are substantially interested, where more than half the voting power is vested in the public, Commissioner of Income Tax v. Amrutanjan Ltd., AIR 1964 SC 1804: (1964) 8 SCR 9.

Congregationalism and episcopal

Congregationalism and episcopal, the basic difference between the 'congregationalism' and 'episcopal' is that in the former the authority vests in the congregation whereas in the latter it is controlled by the bishop as he is deemed to

Contingent

may or may not happen. On the happening of the event or condition a contingent interest becomes a vested interest, Usha Subbarao v. B.N. Vishverswaraiah, (1996) 5 SCC 201 (208).

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Control

the administrative side, Gauhati High Court v. Kuladhar Phukan, (2002) 4 SCC 524 [Constitution of India, Art. 235] Vested in High Court is complete control over subject only to the powers of the Governor in the matter

Copyhold, Inclosure, and Tithe Commissioners

the copyhold commissioners, and of the tithe commissioners, were by s. 48 of the Settled Land Act, 1882, vested in one board called 'the Land Commissioners,' whose powers were in their turn transferred to the Board of

Count, or Countee

pr'fectus or pr'positus comitatus, and had the charge and custody of the county; but this authority is now vested in the sheriff, 9 Rep. 46.

Declaratory

the Kerala Land Reforms Act, 1963 is 'declaratory', the presumption against construing it retrospectively so as to respect vested rights, is not applicable. As sub-s. (3) of s. 84 in terms clarifies the meaning of the expression

Chancery

Court under the (English) Bankruptcy Act, 1914, and certain matters relating to the appointment of new trustees and vesting orders of property in connection with persons of unsound mind, see s. 54, (English) T. Act, 1925, and

Determinable fee

equitable interests. Certain estates in fee simple which by statute are liable to be divested, and fee simple vested incorporations are legal estates, see s. 7(1) and (2), (English) L. P. Act, 1925, and see BASE FEE.

Dies cedit

cedit, the day begins; dies venit, the day has come. Two expressions in Roman law which signify the vesting of fixing of an interest, and the interest becoming a present one, Sand. Just., 7th Edn. 227, 235;

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