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Dissolve

Dissolve, to put an end to, cancel, abrogate, annul; applied to an injunction in Chancery; as discharge is to a rule nisi in Common Law. Dissolvo is

Quash

Quash [cassum facere, Lat.; casser, Fr.], to overthrow or annul-Bracton; as to quash an indictment, or order of justices, or a poor-rate. See CERTIORARI.

set aside

review : overrule vacate [set aside the decree] 2 : to deprive of legal effect or force : annul void [may set aside the contract]

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Redhibition

Redhibition [fr. redhibitio, Lat.], an action allowed to a buyer by which to annul the sale of some movable, and to oblige the seller to take it back again upon the buyer

Husband

Husband, means a Parsi husband. [Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936 (3 of 1936) s. 2(5)] A married man; a man who has a lawful wife living, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 746. Husband, the...

Illegal contract

Illegal contract, an agreement to do any act forbidden either (1) by the Common Law, such as agreements to commit a crime or tort, or as for rent of lodging let for prostitution, Jennings v. Brown,...

Impotent, Impotency

Impotent, Impotency, a party is impotent if his or her mental or physical condition makes cons-ummation of the marriage a practical impossibility. The condition must be one, according to the statute, which existed at the time...

Income

Income, s. 4 of the Income-tax Act, defines the 'total income' to include all income, profits and gains from whatever source deprived. The definition of 'income' in Shaw Wallace & Co. case, 1932 (59) IA 206,...

Incompatibility

Incompatibility, means The quality or state of being incompatible; irreconcilability. Incompatibility is recognized as a no-fault ground for divorce in many states, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 768.

Leave to defend

Leave to defend. The repealed (English) Bills of Exchange Act, 1855 (18 & 19 Vict.c.67), commonly called 'Keating's Act,' allowed actions on bills or notes commenced within six months after being due, to be by writ...

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