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Commission Agent or Broker

for transacting the business of others. Earning Commission.--Commission may be earned by bringing contracting parties together, although an actual contract may not be made, Green v. Bartlett, (1863) 32 LJCP 261. From a contract to employ for

Constructive fraud

equity will set aside a transaction entered into as the result of conduct which, though not amounting to actual fraud or deceit, is contrary to good conscience. Such conduct, which is described as 'constructive fraud', Nocton v.

Business

object of making profit. To regard an activity as business there must be a course of dealings, either actually continued or contemplated to be continued with a profit motive, and not for sport or pleasure. Whether a

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Bad faith

Bad faith, is the opposite of good faith, generally implying or involving, but not limited so, actual or constructive fraud, or a design to mislead or deceive another, or any other sinister motive. Conceptually bad

Benamidar

a person purchases from a benamidar, the real owner cannot recover unless he shows that the purchaser had actual or constructive notice of the real title. But from this it does not follow that the benamidar has

Biological resources

means plants, animals and micro-organisms or parts thereof, their genetic material and by-products (excluding Value Added Products) with actual or potential use or value, but does not include human genetic material. [Biological Diversity Act, 2002 (18 of

Bona fide requirement

Bona fide requirement, the 'bona fide requirement' must be in praesenti and must be manifested in actual need which would evidence the court that it is not a mere fanciful or whimsical desire, Bargain for

Bonus

profits, and when paid, it fills the gap, wholly or in part, between the living wage and the actual wage. It is an addition to the wage in that sense, whether it be called contingent and supplementary,

Borne by the owner

to pay tax imposed by the local authority which the owner is liable to discharge and not the actual sum paid by him in discharge of that liability, CIT v. Dalhousie Properties Ltd., (1984) 4 SCC 388:

Breach of peace

Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn. (2005), p. 59. Breach of peace, offences against the public, which are either actual violations of the peace, or constructive violations, by tending to make others break it. See PEACE. The criminal

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