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Earnest

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

earnest


[Anglo-French ernes(t) erles, alteration of Old French erres, plural of erre pledge, earnest, alteration of Latin arra, short for arrabo, from Greek arrhabōn, of Semitic origin]
: something of value given by a buyer to a seller to bind a bargain




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