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land use Generic term used to describe activities such as zoning and/or the control of real estate developments. Land-use planning laws are implemented by local zoning and ordinances. Source: FindLaw ...
family
family pl: -lies 1 : a group of individuals related by blood, marriage, or adoption 2 : a group of usually related individuals who live together under common household authority and esp. who have reciprocal duties to each other NOTE: The interpretation of the word family in a law context depends upon the area of the law concerned (as contract or zoning law), the purpose of the document (as a statute or contract) in which it is used, and the facts of the case. Often for zoning purposes, the occupants of a group home are considered a family if the organization is like that of a family or if the home is going to be a permanent rather than a transitional residence for the occupants. fa·mil·ial [fə-mil-yəl] adj ...
use
use 1 a : an arrangement in which property is granted to another with the trust and confidence that the grantor or another is entitled to the beneficial enjoyment of it see also trust Statute of Uses in the Important Laws section NOTE: Uses originated in early English law and were the origin of the modern trust. Uses became popular in medieval England, where they were often secretly employed as a method of evading laws (as those prohibiting mortmain) and penalties (as attainder) and to defeat creditors. In response, the Statute of Uses was enacted in 1535. The purpose of the Statute was to execute the use, investing the legal ownership of the property in the cestui que use, or one entitled to the beneficial enjoyment, and abolishing the ownership of the grantee. The Statute did not have blanket application, however. Certain uses, particularly those in which the grantee was not merely a passive holder of the property, were not executed under the Statute. These uses were called trust...
Infrastructure facilities
Infrastructure facilities, means industrial, comm-ercial or any other facility for development and operation of the zone and includes any other facilities and amenities as may be notified by the State Government, the Gujarat Special Economic Zone Act, 2004, s. 2(h).Means industrial, commercial or social infrastructure or other facilities necessary for the development of a Special Economic Zone of such other facilities which may be prescribed. [Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 (28 of 2005), s. 2(p)]...
Infrastructure
Infrastructure, 'infrastructure' includes structures such as docks, wharves, jetties, landing stages, locks, buoys, inland ports, cargo handling equipment, road and rail access and cargo storage spaces, and the expression 'infrastructure facilities' shall be construed accordingly. [Inland Water Ways Authority of India Act, 1985 (82 of 1985), s. 2(f)]Means the underlying framework of a system; esp., public services and facilities (such as highways, schools, bridges, sewers, and water systems) needed to support commerce as well as economic and residential development, Black's Law Diction-ary, 7th Edn., p. 784.Includes industrial, commercial or social infrastruc-ture for the development of a Special Economic Zone, West Bengal Special Economic Zone Act, 2003, s. 2(g).Includes industrial, commercial or social infrastruc-ture or any amenity for the development of the zone, Rajasthan Special Economic Zones Develop-ment Act, 2003, s. 2(g)...
Import
Import, in relation to any technology, means the bringing into India of, such technology from a place outside India. [Research and Development Cess Act, 1986, s. 2 (d)]Means bringing into any place within the territories to which this Act extends from a place outside those territories. [Insecticides Act, 1968 (46 of 1968), s. 3 (d)]Means bringing into India. [Aircraft Act, 1934 (22 of 1934), s. 2 (3)]Means to bring into India from a place outside India by land, sea or air. [Explosives Act, 1884 (4 of 1884), s. 4 (f)]With its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means bringing into India from a place outside India. [Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), s. 2 (23)]Means bringing into India from out of India, Gramophone Company of India Ltd. v. Birendra Bahadur Pandey, AIR 1984 SC 667: (1984) 2 SCR 664: (1984) 2 SCC 534. (Copyright Act, 1957, ss. 51, 53)In a sense, import may be said to be complete for certain purposes say, sales tax purposes on their clearance after assessment of du...
Operator
Operator, means a person employed directly or by or through any agency (including a contractor, whether as a regular worker or as a casual worker, with or without the knowledge of the principal employer, whether for remuneration or not, in the operation or cleaning of any dangerous machine or any part thereof or in any other kind of work incidental to, or connected with, the operation or cleaning of any dangerous machine or any part thereof. [Dangerous Machines (Regulation) Act, 1983 (35 of 1983), s. 3(k)]Operator is defined by s. 2(b) of the Act as amended by Act 4 of 1973 as the owner or the person having possession or control of the vehicle and includes any person whose name is entered in the permit as the holder thereof. This definition is wide enough to include the appellant-company who was owner of the vehicles and on the date of the notice of demand it had further possession and control of the vehicles, Sundaram Finance Ltd. v. Regional Passport Officer, 1992 Supp (2) SCC 436: A...
State Government
State Government, has the same meaning as in the West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973 (West Ben. Act 41 of 1973). [West Bengal Panchayat Elections Act, 2003, s. 2(25)]State Government, in relation to a Union territory, includes the Administrator of that Union territory appointed by the President under Art. 239 of the Constitution. [Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act, 2005, s. 2(i)]State Government, in relation to a Union territory, means the Administrator thereof. [Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966 (32 of 1966), s. 2(o)]State Government, is headed by the Governor who exercises the executive powers of the State. [Constitution of India, Art. 154(1)]State Government, its executive powers extend to the matters on which the State Legislature is em-powered to make laws, Constitution of India, Art. 162.Means a State Government of the State in which a Special Economic Zone is established or proposed to be established. [Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, s. 2(zb)]Me...
Appointed day
Appointed day. A day fixed by an Act of Parliament for some purpose of the statute; see, e.g., the Local Government Act, 1894, s. 84; Merchant Shipping Act, 1906, s. 5.In relation to a Tribunal or an Appellate Tribunal, means the date on which such Tribunal is established under sub-s. (1) of s. 3 or, as the case maybe, sub-s. (1) of s. 8. [Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act, 1993 (13 of 1985), s. 2 (c)]In relation to a Tribunal, means the date with effect from which it is established, by notification, under s. 4. [Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 (13 of 1985), s. 3 (c)]In relation to any provision of this Act, means the day on which that provision comes into force. [Advocates Act, 1961 (25 of 1961), s. 2 (b)]Means the date on which the Corporation is established under s. 3. [Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956 (31 of 1956), s. 2 (1)]Means the date on which these rules shall come into force. [Supreme Court Rules, 1966, s. 2 (1) (c)]Means the day following i...
Export
Export, includes the taking or sending out of goods by land, sea or air, on consignment or by way of sale, lease, hire-purchase, or under any other arrangement by whatever name called, and in the case of software, also includes transmission through any electronic media. [The Foreign Exchange Management (Export of Goods and Services Regulations, 2000, s. 2 (iv)]Means--(i) taking goods, or providing services, out of India, from a Special Economic Zone, by land, sea or air or by any other mode, whether physical or otherwise; or(ii) supplying goods, or providing services, from the Domestic Tariff Area to a Unit or Developer; or(iii) supplying goods, or providing services, from one unit to another unit or Developer, in the same or different Special Economic Zones, Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, sec. 2(m).With the grammatical variations and cognate expression, means taking out of India of a place outside India, Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regula...
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