Promise
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Promise, an engagement for the performance or non-performance of some particular thing, which may be made either by deed, or without deed, when it is said to be by parol; 'promise' is usually applied when the engagement is by parol only, for a promise by deed is technically called a covenant. See CONTRACT.
A simple promise, i.e., a promise not under seal, made voluntarily and without a legal consideration, is not binding either at law or inequity; see Re Whitaker, (1889) 42 Ch D 119; Tweddle v. Atkinson, (1861) 1 B&S 393.
Means an undertaking by one man with another for the performance or non-performance of some particular thing, A Verbal Covenant, Shratya Begum v. Hamid Ali Khan, 1947 All WR CC 268.
A simple promise, i.e., a promise not under seal, made voluntarily and without a legal consideration, is not binding either at law or inequity; see Re Whitaker, (1889) 42 Ch D 119; Tweddle v. Atkinson, (1861) 1 B&S 393.
Means an undertaking by one man with another for the performance or non-performance of some particular thing, A Verbal Covenant, Shratya Begum v. Hamid Ali Khan, 1947 All WR CC 268.
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