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consensual

consensual 1 : existing or made by mutual consent without any further act (as a writing) 2 : involving or based on mutual consent [ sexual intercourse] ...


Alienatio licet prohibeatur, consensu tamen omnium in quorum favorem prohibita est potest fieri

Alienatio licet prohibeatur, consensu tamen omnium in quorum favorem prohibita est potest fieri [Lat.], Although alienation be prohibited, yet by the consent of all those in whose favour it is prohibited it may take place....


Scripte obligationes scriptis tolluntur, et nudi consensus obligatio contrario consensu dissolvitur

Scripte obligationes scriptis tolluntur, et nudi consensus obligatio contrario consensu dissolvitur (Jur. Civ.), written obligations are superseded by writings, and an obligation of naked assent is dissolved by naked assent to the contrary....


agency

agency pl: -cies 1 : the person or thing through which power is exerted or an end is achieved [death by criminal "W. R. LaFave and A. W. Scott, Jr."] 2 a : a consensual fiduciary relationship in which one party acts on behalf of and under the control of another in dealing with third parties ;also : the power of one in such a relationship to act on behalf of another NOTE: A principal is bound by and liable for acts of his or her agent that are within the scope of the agency. ac·tu·al agency : the agency that exists when an agent is in fact employed by a principal see also express agency and implied agency in this entry agency by estoppel : an agency that is not created as an actual agency by a principal and an agent but that is imposed by law when a principal acts in such a way as to lead a third party to reasonably believe that another is the principal's agent and the third party is injured by relying on and acting in accordance with that belief NOTE: A principal has...


fornication

fornication [Late Latin fornicatio, from fornicare to have intercourse with prostitutes, from Latin fornic- fornix arch, vault, brothel] : consensual sexual intercourse between a man and esp. single woman who are not married to each other ;also : the crime of engaging in fornication compare adultery NOTE: Where still considered a crime, fornication is classified as a misdemeanor. ...


marriage

marriage 1 : the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a legal, consensual, and contractual relationship recognized and sanctioned by and dissolvable only by law see also divorce 2 : the ceremony containing certain legal formalities by which a marriage relationship is created ...


Consensual

Existing or made by the mutual consent of two or more parties...


Deputation

Deputation, concept of 'deputation' is well under-stood in service law and has a recognised meaning. 'Deputation' has a different connotation in-service law and the dictionary meaning of the word 'deputation' is of no help. In simple words 'deputation' means service outside the cadre or outside the parent department. Deputation is deputing or transferring an employee to a post outside his cadre, that is to say, to another department on a temporary basis. After the expiry period of deputation the employee has to come back to his parent department to occupy the same position unless in the meanwhile he has earned promotion in his parent department as per Recruitment Rules, State of Punjab v. Inder Singh, AIR 1998 SC 7 (15): (1998) 7 SCC 372.'Deputation' can be aptly described as an assignment of an employee (commonly referred to as the deputationist) of one department or cadre or even an organisation (commonly referred to as the parent department or lending authority) to another departmen...


Duly constituted according to law

Duly constituted according to law, means a com-pany duly constituted according to law is one which is constituted by registration under some Act of Parliament or in pursuance of an Act of Parliament of under letter patent or under some constitution ejusdem generis. It is doubtful whether a partnership of less than 20 persons constituted merely by the consensual agreement of the partners can be regarded as a company duly constituted according to law; if such a partnership is formed not for the purpose of carrying on a business but simply for the purpose of being registered with a view to winding up. It is not a company entitled to be registered under Part XXII, Chpater II of the Companies Act, 1965, R. v. Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, Ex parte Johnston, (1891) 2 QB 598 (CA)...


Scheme

Scheme, a 'scheme' is a carefully arranged and systematic programme of action. A transaction under which, one party deposits with the other or lends to that other a sum of money on promise of being paid interest at a rate higher than the agreed rate of interest cannot, without more, be a money circulation scheme' within the meaning of s. 2(c) of the Act, howsoever high the promised rate of interest may be in comparison with the agreed rate, State of West Bengal v. Swapan Kumar Guha, AIR 1982 SC 949 (953): (1982) 1 SCC 561: (1982) 3 SCR 121.Means a scheme inviting subscription to security receipt proposed to be issued by a securitisation company or reconstruction company under that scheme. [Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (54 of 2002), s. 2(1)(y)]1. A systematic plan; a connected or orderly arrangement, esp. of related concepts 2. An artful plot or plan usu. to deceive others, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1346....


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