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  • An easement is a nonpossessory right to use and/or enter onto the real property of another without possessing it.
A right of way annexed to A’s house over B’s land is a discontinuous easement.
  • A record generated, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means for use in an information system.
The words electronic record shall have the meaning assigned to them in clause (t) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Information Technology Act, 2000.
  • An unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action.
National emergency can be imposed under Article 352 of the Constitution of India.
  • The action of encroaching i.e. intruding usurpingly
Encroachment on the green belt will harm surrounding villages.
  • A claim, lien, liability, attached to property as mortgage etc.
A lien is an encumbrance put on a property to secure the payment of a debt.
  • To put in peril.
Driving a vehicle on a public way so as to endanger human life is a punishable offence.
  • A donation of money or property to a non-profit organization, which uses the resulting investment income for a specific purpose.
A donates endowment fund to school every year.
  • To compel the observance of.
It is the duty of the Police to enforce law.
  • a legal right to do something or have something
A person entitled to the possession of specific immovable property may recover it in the manner provided by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.
  • Property in which one has a right or interest.
The estate passed on to the heir after death of the owner.
  • The act of deliberately ending a person's life to relieve suffering.
The provision of active Euthanasia is illegal in India.
  • With respect to or in the interests of one side.
A did not apper before the court and court passed an ex parte order.
  • The examination of witness by the party who calls him.
Leading Questions must not, if objected to by the adverse party be asked in an examination-in-chief.
  • Exclusion of anything or a person.
The definitions of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 are to be read subject to the exceptions provided therein.
  • The action of executing or carrying into effect.
The court that passed the decree can execute it.
  • Opinion of a person who has made special study of a subject or acquired special experience therein.
Expert Opinion is a relevant fact under the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.
  • The action or practice of extorting anything, especially money, from a person by force or by undue exercise of authority or power.
The provisions relating to the offence of extortion are provided by Sections 383-389 of The Indian Penal Code, 1860.