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Imperfect Obligations

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Imperfect obligations, moral duties, such as charity, gratitude, etc., which cannot be enforced by law. For an instance of payment of a debt of honour out of a lunatic's estate under very special circum-stances, see Re Whitaker, (1889) 42 Ch D 119.

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