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Tort
Jay Laxmi Salt Works (P) Ltd. v. State of Gujarat, (1994) 4 SCC 1 (9). It means a civil wrong which is not exclusively the breach of a contract or the breach of a trust. [Limitation Act, … Tort [fr. tortus, Lat.], an injury or wrong independent of contract, as by assault, libel, malicious prosecution, negligence, slander, or trespass (see those titles). Actions are divided into actions
contract
Matched in: Term contract
Measure of damage
which determines the amount of damages to the given. The general rule in English law is that in contract the measure of damage is the actual loss to the plaintiff, and in tort the compensation to the … law is that in contract the measure of damage is the actual loss to the plaintiff, and in tort the compensation to the plaintiff for the loss or damage which it may be supposed be has suffered
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Lien
respect to other dealings of the like nature. General and particular liens may arise: (1) by an express contract; (2) by an implied contract, resulting from the usage of trade, or the manner of dealing between parties. … Lien [answering to the tacita hypotheca of the Civil Law], a right in one man to retain that which is in his possession belonging to another, until
obligation
arising from law, contract, or morality [had a legal as an employer] [a contractual ] 4 in the civil law of Louisiana : a relationship that binds one party to a performance (as a payment or transfer) … obligation 1 : a promise, acknowledgment, or agreement (as a contract) that binds one to a specific performance (as payment) ;also : the binding power of such an agreement
Separate estate
property, as a feme sole, or unmarried woman. A wife's separate property might be acquired by a pre-nuptial contract with her husband, or by gift, either from the husband, or from any other person. the (English) Married … the Act, that a married woman is to be capable of (1) acquiring; rendering herself liable in contractor tort; (2) being capable of being sued in contract or tort; and (3) being subjected to bankruptcy law and
cause
then pending "R. T. Gerwatowski"] 4 in the civil law of Louisiana : the reason for making a contract compare frustration NOTE: Under the Louisiana Civil Code, if a contract's cause is illicit or immoral, the contract
Mahr (dower)
law have compared it to price in the contract of sale, it is simply because marriage is a civil contract under that law. Such being the nature of the dower (mahr), the rules which regulate its payment … is 'not the exchange or consideration given by the man to the woman, but an effect of the contract imposed by law on the husband as a token of respect for its subject: the Woman'. Giving a
Damages
being able to award damages by way of compensation for a fraud, or for the non-performance of a contract relating to the sale and purchase of realty. This was amended by the (English) Chancery Amendment Act, 1858 … A plurality of variants stemming out of a core concept is seen in such words as actual damages, civil damages, compensatory damages, consequential damages, contingent damages, continuing damages, double damages, excessive damages, exemplary damages, general damages, irreparable
condition
stated by the parties to a contract compare constructive condition in this entry potestative condition [pō-tes-tā-tiv] in the civil law of louisiana : a condition whose fulfillment was completely within the power of the obligated party NOTE: … occurrence or nonoccurrence determines the rights or obligations of a party under a legal instrument and esp. a contract ;also : a clause in the instrument describing the act or event and its effect concurrent condition :
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