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Payment of Money into Court

in that Court. Payment into Court is not strictly a defence; it is rather an attempt at a compromise. No such plea was known to the Common Law; it is entirely the creature of Statute (Odgers on

Obscene

abstract definition ........ Should not the word 'obscene' be allowed to indicate the present critical point in the compromise between candor and shame at which the community may have arrived here and now, United States v. Kennerley,

Malik mustakil

Malik mustakil, The words 'Malik Mustakil' in the compromise indicate conferral of absolute owner-ship to the widow, Krishna Beharilal v. Gulabchand, AIR 1971 SC 1041: (1971) 1

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Fraud

because they operate as a fraud upon the private rights, interests, duties, or intentions of third parties; or compromise the private interests, rights, or duties of the parties themselves, such as secret composition deeds, voluntary conveyances, etc.,

mediator

mediator : one that works to effect reconciliation, settlement, or compromise between parties at variance compare arbitrator

Composition

Composition. 1. An amicable arrangement of a law-suit. See COMPROMISE. 2. An agreement between a parson, patron, or ordinary, and the owner of lands, for commutation of tithes,

Arrangements between debtors and creditors

creditors, and confirmed by the court, reorganize their finances. Under s. 153 of the Companies Act, 1929, a compromise or arrangement between any company liable to be wound up under that Act and its members or creditors

Arbitration

la Ley. The civilians make a difference between arbiter and arbitrator, though both found their power in the compromise of the parties; the former being obliged to judge according to the customs of the law: whereas the

face saving

allowing one to maintain ones dignity or prestige designed to avoid admitting something embarrassing as a face saving compromise of actions

settle

usually out of court c : to close (as an account) by payment ;also : to close by compromise and payment of less than the full amount claimed or due vi 1 : to conclude a lawsuit

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