The Indian Limitation Act 1908, 9 of 1908 (Rep., Act 36 of 1963)

Section 2. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,

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(10) "suit" does not include an appeal or an application: and (11) "trustee" does not include a benamidar, a mortgagee remaining in possession after the mortgage has been satisfied, or a wrong-doer in possession without title. --- (7) "good faith": nothing shall be deemed to be done in good faith which is not done with due care and attention: (2) "bill of exchange" includes a hundi and a cheque: (1) "applicant" includes any person from or through whom an applicant derives his right to apply: (5) "easement" includes a right not arising from contract, by which one person is entitled to remove and appropriate for his own profit any part of the soil belonging to another or anything growing in, or attached to, or subsisting upon, the land of another: (8) "plaintiff" includes any person from or through whom a plaintiff derives his right to sue: (3) "bond" includes any instrument whereby a person obliges himself to pay money to another, on condition that the obligation shall be void if a specified 1908.] Limitation. 405 (Part I.—Preliminary. Part II.—Limitation of Suits, Appeals and Applications.) specified act is performed, or is not performed, as the case may be: (4) "defendant" includes any person from or through whom a defendant derives his liability to be sued: (6) "foreign country" means any country other than British India: (9) "promissory note" means any instrument whereby the maker engages absolutely to pay a specified sum of money to another at a time therein limited, or on demand, or at sight: THE SECOND SCHEDULE. TERRITORIES REFERRED TO IN SECTION 31. (See section 31.) The Presidency of Fort St. George. The Presidency of Bombay. The Sambalpur District of the Bengal Division of the Presidency of Fort William. The United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. Burma. The Central Provinces. Ajmer-Merwara. 2. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,— 2. (where there has been an appeal) the date of the final decree or order of the Appellate Court, or the withdrawal of the appeal, or

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