The Bengal Tenancy Act: Being Act VIII of 1885 with Notes and Annotations, Judicial Rulings, and the Rules Made by the Local Government and the High Court, Under the Act, for the Guidance of Revenue Officers and the Civil Courts

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Thacker, Spink, 1886 - Land tenure - 357 pages

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Page 176 - ... that the same is true of his own knowledge, except as to matters therein stated to be alleged upon information and belief, and that as to those matters he believes it to be true.
Page 131 - ... the Local Government may from time to time, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare in this behalf.
Page 134 - During the continuance of a statutory term in a tenancy, save as hereinafter provided, the court may, on the application of the landlord, and upon being satisfied that he is desirous of resuming the holding or part thereof for some reasonable and sufficient purpose having relation to the good of the holding or of the estate, including the use of the...
Page 188 - Every suit shall include the whole of the claim which the plaintiff is entitled to make in respect of the cause of action l ; but a plaintiff may relinquish any portion of his claim in order to bring the suit within the jurisdiction of any Court 2.
Page 2 - Provided that the Local Government, with the previous sanction of the Governor General in Council...
Page 176 - ... the verification must be to the effect that the same is true to the knowledge of the person making it, except as to those matters stated on information and belief, and as to those matters, he believes it to be true...
Page 215 - In any action for breach of contract to deliver specific or ascertained goods the court may, if it thinks fit, on the application of the plaintiff, by its judgment or decree direct that the contract shall be performed specifically, without giving the defendant the option of retaining the goods on payment of damages.
Page 43 - ... parents if by the law of the place in which his father was domiciled at the time of the marriage the marriage operated immediately or subsequently to legitimate him, and not otherwise.
Page 77 - On the ground that the ryot has used the land in a manner which renders it unfit for the purposes of tenancy...
Page 48 - A ryot having a right of occupancy in respect of any land may use the land in any manner which does not materially impair the value of the land or render it unfit for the purposes of the tenancy, but shall not be entitled to cut down trees in contravention of any local custom.

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