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F.R.Civ.P.

F.R.Civ.P. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure see also the Important Laws section

Notwithstanding, the words 'notwithstanding' in clause (1) and 'subject to' in clause (3) mean that where an entry is in general terms in List II and part of that entry is in specific terms in List I, the entry in List I takes effect notwithstanding the e

1958 in cases falling within the proviso, Sunder Dass v. Ram Parkash, AIR 1977 SC 1201 (1206): (1977) 2 SCC 662: (1977) 3 SCR 60. … other authority, the words 'notwithstanding and judg-ment, decree or order of any Court or other authority' in the proviso make it clear and leave no doubt that the legislature intended that the finality of 'judgment, decree or

Qui per fraudem agit, frustra agit (2 Rol. Rep 17)

Qui per fraudem agit, frustra agit (2 Rol. Rep 17), What a man does fraudulently, he does in vain.

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Aloverium

Aloverium, a purse, Fleta, lib. ii. c. 82, p. 2.

Busones comitatus

Busones comitatus, the barons of a county, Blount; 2 Reeves, c. viii, P. 2.

Knight's fee

Knight's fee [feodum militare, Lat.], twelve plough-lands, the value of which was 20l. per annum (2 Inst. 596). By the grant of a knight's fee, land, meadow, and pasture may pass … Knight's fee [feodum militare, Lat.], twelve plough-lands, the value of which was 20l. per annum (2 Inst. 596). By the grant of a knight's fee,

Insurance

or thing insured, and some prejudice from its destruction, Lucena v. Crauford (1806), 3 Bos & P 75; 2 Bos & PNR 269; a mere hope of profit is not insurable (ibid.). see also the (English) Assurance

Public policy

the content in which it is used, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. v. Saw Pipes Ltd., AIR 2003 SC 2629. Public policy, connotes some matter which concerns the public good and the public interest, Central Inland … Public policy, connotes some matter which concerns public good and the public interest. Expression does not admit of precise

Consideration

by the promisee at the request, express or implied, of the promisor. See Laythoarp v. Bryant, 3 Scott 250; 2 Wms. Saund 137 h; Currie v. Misa, (1875) LR 10 Exch 153. Consideration is one of the … Consideration. Any act of the promisee (the person claiming the benefit of an obligation) from which the promisor (the person burdened with the obligation)

Access

C&P 604. Neither husband nor wife is admissible as a witness to prove non-access, Goodright v. Moss, (1777) 2 Cowp p. 594. See also Poulett Peerage Case, 1903 AC 395, and Russell v. Russell, 1924 AC 687

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