• Carpet Area is the area enclosed within the walls, actual area to lay the carpet. This area does not include the thickness of the inner walls. It is the actual used area of an apartment/office unit/showroom etc.
• Built up Area is the carpet area plus the thickness of outer walls and the balcony.
• Super Built Up Area is the built up area plus proportionate area of common areas such as the lobby, lifts shaft, stairs, etc. The plinth area along with a share of all common areas proportionately divided amongst all unit owners makes up the Super Built-up area. Sometimes it may also include the common areas such, swimming pool, garden, clubhouse, etc. This term is therefore only applicable in the case of multi-dwelling units.

Market value of the property as ascertained by the stamp duty authorities on the basis of a Ready Recknor.which gives the per sq. mtr. value of each village, zone and sub-zone . But the ready recknor is not conclusive and is merely a guideline for the stamp office.

An instrument, which is not registered, is inadmissible as evidence.

Every document which is required to be registered under the Registration Act, except a Will, should be presented at the office of the Sub Registrar of Assurances for the registration within the prescribed time from the date of its execution. A document is registered with a sub-registrar of a district in which the immovable property is located.

An NRI is a Person Resident Outside India who is a citizen of India or a Person of Indian origin. A Person resident outside India is a person who has gone out of India or who stays outside India, in either case - For or on taking up employment outside India, or - For carrying on outside India a business or vocation, or - For any other purpose, in such circumstances as would indicate his intention to stay outside India for an uncertain period.

A person of Indian origin is an individual (not being a citizen of Pakistan or Bangladesh or Sri Lanka or Afghanistan or China or Iran or Nepal or Bhutan), who: - At any time, held Indian passport - Who or either of whose father or whose grandfather was a citizen of India by virtue of the Constitution of India or the Citizenship Act, 1955 (57 of 1955).