Legal glossary

“owner”

Defined in 5 Acts. A definition holds for the Act that gives it; the same word can mean something else in another Act.
  1. MV Act · s. 2

    The Motor Vehicles Act, 1988

    (30) "owner" means a person in whose name a motor vehicle stands registered, and where such person is a minor, the guardian of such minor, and in relation to a motor vehicle which is the subject of a hire-purchase, agreement, or an agreement of lease or an agreement of hypothecation, the person in possession of the vehicle under that agreement;
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  2. The Indian Treasure-trove Act, 1878 · s. 3

    "OWNER" means when any person is entitled, under any reservation in an instrument of transfer of any land or thing affixed thereto, to treasure in such land or thing, he shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be the owner of such land or thing.
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  3. The Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 · s. 3

    (23) "owner" means―
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  4. The Press and Registration of Periodicals Act, 2023 · s. 2

    (f) "owner" means an individual, firm or any such legal entity owning a periodical;
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  5. The Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991 · s. 2

    (g) "owner" means a person who owns, or has control over handling, any hazardous substance at the time of accident and includes,— - (i) in the case of firm, any of its partners; - (ii) in the case of an association, any of its members; and
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