Legal glossary
“minority”
Defined in 2 Acts. A definition holds for the Act that gives it; the same word can mean something else in another Act.
The Indian Succession Act, 1925 · s. 2
"minority" means the status of any such person;
Read section 2The Oudh Estates Act, 1869 · s. 2
"minority" means the status of such person ; " Taluqdár. "—"Taluqdár" means any person whose name is entered in the first of the lists mentioned in section eight ; " Grantee. "—"Grantee" means any person upon whom the proprietary right in an estate has been conferred by a special grant of the British Government, and whose name is entered in the fifth or sixth of the lists mentioned in section eight ; " Estate. "—"Estate" means the taluqa or immoveable property acquired or held by a Taluqdár or Grantee in the manner mentioned in section three, section four, or section five, or the immoveable property conferred by a special grant of the British Government upon a Grantee ; " Heir. " " Legatee. "—"Heir" means a person who inherits property otherwise than as a widow, under the special provisions of this Act ; and "legatee" means a person to whom property is bequeathed under the same provision…
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