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Reading of a Bill
Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 1997, p. 494. In India three readings are done for a Bill for facilitating adequate scrutiny and debate. First reading is the stage when leave is granted by the House and a Bill … place on the floor of the House but certain public Bills are referred to Second Reading Committee for consideration in principle. After it the Bill is referred to Standing Committee for detailed examination. Third reading takes place
Impossible or impermissible
by the means employed or at command; 'impracticable' is defined as incapable of being effected from lack of adequate means, impossible of performance, not feasible; 'impracticable' means impossible or un-reasonably difficult of performance, and is a much … carry out'. The same dictionary states the usage of the term in these words - 'Although there is considerable overlap, impractic-able and impractical are not used in exactly the same way. Impracticable means 'impossible to carry out'
Sufficient cause
is found in various statues. It has been construed liberally in keeping with its ordinary dictionary meaning as adequate or enough. That is, any justifiable reason resulting in vacation has to be understood as sufficient cause. For … cons-trued too liberally, merely because the party is the Government. It cannot also be gainsaid that the same consideration that will be shown by courts to a private party when he claims the protection of s. 5
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Specific performance
not contracts relating to personal property except under very special circumstances, as where damages do not afford an adequate remedy. The Court will not decree specific performance of a contract of personal service, but it will enforce … See Douglas v. Baynes, 1908 AC 477. (d) The contract must be entered into for a valuable executory consideration, such as marriage or money; and not for a merely good consideration, how meritorious soever it may be.
Insurance
that the underwriters charged premiums more than commensurate with the risk; and, 2ndly, that they did not afford adequate protection. The losses against which a merchant or ship-owner is not protected by insurance in this country in … it is clear gain. The instrument by which the contract is made is called a policy; the stipulated consideration, a premium. As to what is known as a coupon policy, i.e., a coupon cut out of a
equity
as a result of forcing the equity courts to hear only those cases for which there was no adequate remedy at law. The courts of law and equity were united in England in 1873. Courts of equity … fair] 1 a : justice according to fairness esp. as distinguished from mechanical application of rules [prompted by considerations of ] [comity between nations, and require it to be paid for "F. A. Magruder"] b : something
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