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 “rates and cesses” means rates and cesses which are primarily payable by land-owners, and includes–

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“land revenue” means land revenue assessed under any law for the time being in force or assessable under the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 

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 “estate”, “land-owner” and “holding” have the meanings respectively assigned to those words in the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 

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 “tenancy” means a parcel of land held by a tenant of a land-lord under one lease or one set of conditions:

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 “land-lord” means a person under whom a tenant holds land, and to whom the tenant is or but for a special contract would be, liable to pay rent for that land:

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 “arrear of rent” means rent which remains unpaid after the date on which it becomes payable:

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 “rent” means whatever is payable to a land-lord in money,

kind or service by a tenant on account of the use or occupation of land held by him; 

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   “pay”, with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, includes, when used with reference to rent, “deliver” and “render”, with their grammatical variations and cognate expressions:

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“Land” means land which is not occupied as the site of any building in a town or village and is occupied or has been let for agricultural purposes or for purposes subservient to agriculture or for pasture, and includes the sites of buildings and other structures on such land:

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