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Goodwill
2004 SC 1084 (Partnership Act, 1932, s. 55). A business's reputation, patronage, and other intan-gible assets that are considered when apprising the business, esp. for purchase; The ability to earn income in excess of the an come
Just ground
extracted thus: If a husband has contracted marriage with another wife or keeps a mistress it shall be considered to be just ground for his wife's refusal to live with him. The object of introducing this provision
Mens rea
v. Napolitano, (1931) 1 KB 636; Dobell v. Barber, (1931) 1 KB 219. As to what must be considered in deciding whether mens rea need be pursued, see Cambridge Law Journal, Vol. VI., No. 1, 1936, p.
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National insurance
is obtained by a contract of bailment (e.g., a taxi-cab hired by a taxi-cab driver). The owner is considered to be the employer for the purpose of the Acts. (f) Employment by way of manual labour under
Precedent
Equity. The Divisions of the High Court being parts of one and the same court, each Division ordinarily considers itself bound by the decision of the other Divisions upon points of practice as well as of law;
Public policy, opposed to public policy
has varied from time to time. As new concepts take the place of old, transactions which were once considered against public policy are now being upheld by the courts and similarly where there has been a well
Proof
Act because proof depends upon the admissibility of evidence. A fact is said to be proved when, after considering the matters before it, the court either believes it to exist, or considers its existence so probable that
Proved
SCC 769. (ii) S. 3 of the Evidence Act, a fact is said to be 'proved' when, after considering the matters before it, the court either believes it to exist, or considers its existence so probable than
Charitable
Charitable, when used in its legal sense, covers many objects which a layman might not consider to be included under that word, but it excludes some benevolent or philanthropic activities which a layman might
Quantum meruit
a plaintiff failing to prove a special contract to pay him a particular amount recovers what may be considered to be the value of his work, in which case he is said to recover on a quantum
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