Judgment No. SC 13/18 Civil Appeal No. SC 469/13 Ref. HC 601/11 Ref. HC 9527/11 The same notice was re-gazetted under General notices 298A of 2003 and 323 of 2003. In all the 3 notices the extent of the land earmarked for acquisition was given as 1 074.741 hectares. The gazetted land had however been subdivided into 3 lots. Considering that it had acquired the whole land, the acquiring Authority offered lot 1 to the first respondent Kennedy Mangenje as compensation for his farm which it had compulsorily acquired and distributed to other beneficiaries. The first respondent accepted the offer. The offer letter addressed to the first respondent and dated 7 August 2006 reads in Part: “Dear Sir/Madam Re: OFFER OF LAND HOLDING UNDER THE LAND REFORM AND RESETTLEMENT PROGRAMME. (MODEL A2 PHASE II0 1. The Minister of State for National Security, Lands. Land Reform and Resettlement in the President’s Office has the pleasure in informing you that your application for land under Model A2 Scheme has been successful. 2. You are offered Subdivision 1 of R/E of STUHM in GOROMONZI District of MASHONALAND PROVINCE for agricultural purposes. The farm is approximately 534.00 hectares in extent. 3. The offer is made in terms of the Agricultural Land Settlement Act [Chapter 20:01] whose provisions you are advised to acquaint yourself with. Conditions that go with the offer are attached.” In summary what was gazetted was the whole of the original Remaining Extent of Stuhm. However, lots 2 and 3 had already been sold and ceased to be part of the original block of land. Lot 1 thus remained as part of the remaining extent of the whole original block of land. It stands to reason that when the acquiring authority gazetted the whole of the original Remaining Extent of Stuhm, lot 1 being the remaining fraction of the original block was equally gazetted in tandem as part of the whole. That reasoning is anchored on the well-known maxim that the greater includes the lesser, which principle is of universal application. See City of Lakerwood v Plain Dealer Publishing Co. [1988] USSC 123. In other words the gazetting of a whole piece of land includes the gazetting of a fraction of that land. 3