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Gaming or gambling
which gaming takes place or in which instruments of gaming are kept or used for gaming, Krishnachandra v. State of Madhya Pradesh, AIR 1965 SC 307: (1964) 1 SCR 765. Gaming-houses.--The Gaming Act, 1845 (8 & 9 … money under false pretences; and by s. 18 wagers are declared to be irrecoverable at law, and wagering contracts void. As to the liability of a bankrupt for gambling or rash and hazardous speculation, see (English) Bankruptcy
Necessaries
things as are absolutely requisite for support and subsistence, but to be construed liberally, and varying with the state and degree, the rank, fortune, and age of the person to whom they are supplied, Wharton v. Mackenzie, … to an infant or to a person who, by reason of mental incapacity or drunkenness, is incompetent to contract, he must pay a reasonable price therefor.' [(English) Sale of Goods Act, 1893, s. 2] While husband and
Hire
head of hire of labour and services. The rights, duties, and obligations of the parties resulting from the contract of bailment for hire may be thus stated:- (I.) Hire of things. The letting to hire implies an … rights, duties, and obligations of the parties resulting from the contract of bailment for hire may be thus stated:- (I.) Hire of things. The letting to hire implies an obligation to deliver the thing to the hirer;
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Insurance
the heading of general average or total loss. Losses where the goods are saved, but in such a state as to be unfit to forward to their destination, and where the ship is rendered unfit to repair, … 1961), s. 80C, Expl. 1. Insurance, the act of providing against a possible loss, by entering into a contract with one who is willing to give assurance, that is, to bind himself to make good such loss
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