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Just ground

1949 an additional provision was added after the proviso which may be 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

Mistake

Court or a trustee in bankruptcy has received the money [Ex P. Simmonds, (1885) 16 QBD 308]. A contract is not voidable because it was caused by a mistake as to any law in force in India;

Liquidator

WINDING-UP. A liquidator appointed by the court is an agent of the company and not personally liable for contracts within the scope of his duties, but if he is appointed to be receiver and manager by the

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Mandate

necessary to create a mandate: (1) that there should exist something which should be the subject of the contract, or some act or business to be done; (2) that it should be done gratuitously; (3) that the

Marshalsea, Court of the

service (in which case the inquest was taken by a jury of the country); and if all debts, contracts, and covenants where both of the contracting parties belonged to the royal household, and then the inquest was

Money lender

(17 & 18 Geo. 5, c. 21), subjects money-lenders as above defined to the liability of having their contracts judicially varied. Under s. 1, if a borrower is sued by a money-lender for the money lent, and

Outlawry

to him; and all the property which he held before is forfeited. He can neither sue on his contracts, nor has he any legal rights which can be enforced; while, at the same time, he is personally

Passenger

is not a passenger, AIR 1988 Pat 130 (132). Passenger, is a person whom a common carrier has contracted to carry from one place to another, Sundari v. Union of India, AIR 1984 All 277. Means a

Pre-emption, Right of

to the persons from whom they were originally taken, or to the adjoining owners; as to registration of contracts or deeds giving the right of pre-emption as estate contracts, see (English) Land Charges Act, 1925, s. 10.

Spouse

cannot be interpreted to mean a former spouse because even after the divorce when a second marriage is contracted if the former spouse is living that would not prohibit the parties from contracting the marriage within the

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