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commit

define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas "U.S. Constitution art. I"] 3 : obligate bind vi : to obligate or bind oneself [would not to the irrevocable order]

Libel

supply information does not create such a duty or common interest that communications made in fulfilment of the contractual obligations are privileged. The underlying principle is the common convenience and welfare of society, and not the convenience

Jus dispositivum

A norm that is created by the consent of participating nations, as by an international agreement, and is binding only on the nations that agree to be bound by it, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 864.

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Jus respondendi

respondendi, means 'the right of responding'. The authority conferred on certain jurists of delivering legal opinions that became binding law. Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 867.

Landlord and tenant

by way or covenant or agreement, the implied covenant is excluded as a rule and the obligation becomes binding by privity of contract, so that the original contractors are bound during the whole term to each other

Judiciary

influence, (ii) security of tenure, (iii) favourable conditions of service; (iv) oath of Office, (v) the judicial decision binding on the executive, and (vi) the power to punish for its own contempt, Commentary on the Constitution of

Law declared

nor it proceeds on consideration of issue cannot be deemed to be a law declared to have a binding effect as is contemplated by Article 141, State of Uttar Pradesh v. Synthetics and Chemicals Ltd., (1991) 4

Legislative power and judicial power

of the distinction between legislative power and judicial power is that the legislature makes new law which becomes binding on all persons over whom the legislature, exercises legislative power; the judicature applies already existing law in the

Marriage settlement

the Court may, subject to the provisions of the (English) Settled Land Act, 1925, s. 27, make a binding settlement on marriage. By the (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 19(1), the Divorce Court is empowered, in cases

Lunatic

time that he did not know what he was doing and proves the allegation, the contract is as binding on him in every respect, whether it is executory or executed, as if he had been sane when

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