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article

a separate point, charge, count, or clause c : a condition or stipulation in a document (as a contract) 2 : a document setting forth the terms of an agreement usually used in pl. [s of merger] … article 1 a : a separate and usually numbered or otherwise marked section (as of a statute, indictment, will, or other writing) b : a separate point, charge, count,

Action

or 'in any other manner', e.g., granting licenses or privileges, awarding contract, distributing Government land under statutory Rules or otherwise or withholding decision on any matter etc., State of Karnataka v. Kempaiahi, AIR 1998 SC 3047 (3049): (1998)

Deficiency

tie being in force or has been undertaken to be performed by a person in pursuance of a contract or otherwise in relation to any service. [Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (68 of 1986), s. 2 (1) (g)] That part

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Fines in copyholds

extinguished as provided by the Act, and by s. 130(5) of that Act fines are recoverable as simple contract debts and not otherwise. Part II of the 13th Sched. Of that Act sets out the scale of

Joint-stock Banks

in order to prevent speculative transactions, requires that the numbers of the shares shall be distinguished in the contract of sale, which is otherwise to be void; but this enactment, which, although making it a misdemeanour to

During the pleasure

time without cause assigned. The True scope and effect of this expression is that even if a special contract has been made with the civil servants the Crown is not bound thereby. In other words, civil servants … 'durante bene placito' ('during pleasure') meaning that'the tenure of office of a civil servant, except where it is otherwise provide by statute, can be terminated at any time without cause assigned. The True scope and effect of

Implied promise

such proposal or acceptance is made otherwise than in words, the promise is said to be implied. [Indian Contract Act, 1872, s. 9]

Falsi crimen

committed:-(1) By words, as when a witness swears falsely; (2) by writing, as when a person antedates a contract; (3) by deed, as selling by false weights and measures. … Falsi crimen, fraudulent subornation or conceal-ment, with design to darken or hide the truth, and make things appear otherwise than they are. It is committed:-(1) By words, as when a witness swears falsely; (2) by writing, as

unconscionable

unconscionable : unreasonably unfair to one party, marked by oppression, or otherwise unacceptably offensive to public policy [an clause] [finds the contract…to have been at the time it was made

Disposition of the company's property

LR 555. A control for the disposition of land and an effected disposition; that the expression 'sold, leased or otherwise disposed of by a disposition' was not apt to include a contract to make a disposition of land

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