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Adverse possession

Adverse possession is that form of possession or occupancy of land which is inconsistent with the title of any person...

Administrator, means the Administrator as referred to in clause (a) of section 2 of the Unit Trust of India (Transfer...

Executor. A person appointed by a testator to carry out the directions and requests in his will, and to dispose...

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Pawn or Pledge [fr. pignus, Lat.], a bailment of goods by a debtor to his creditor, to be kept till...

Includes, as (i) to have as contents or part of contents; be made up of or contain; (ii) to add...

Industry, 'Industrial dispute' and 'workman' taken in the extended significance, or exclude it. Though the word 'undertaking' in definition of...

Institution of a case, A case can be said to be instituted in a court only when the court takes...

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

National insurance. The (English) National Insur-ance Act, 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 55), introduced by Mr. Lloyd George,...

Stare decisis, to abide by authorities or cases already adjudicated upon. The doctrine of precedent , under which it is...

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Adverse possession is that form of possession or occupancy of land which is inconsistent with the title of any person...

Administrator, means the Administrator as referred to in clause (a) of section 2 of the Unit Trust of India (Transfer...

Executor. A person appointed by a testator to carry out the directions and requests in his will, and to dispose...

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