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covenants

covenants legally enforceable terms that govern the use of property. These terms are transferred with the property deed. Discriminatory covenants are

unenforceable

unenforceable : not enforceable in a court un·en·force·abil·i·ty [-fȯr-sə-bi-lə-tē] n

warrant

location at a future time called also anticipatory warrant arrest warrant : a warrant issued to a law enforcement officer ordering the officer to arrest and bring the person named in the warrant before the court or

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Specific performance

performance. Equity, in obedience to the cardinal rule of natural justice that a person should perform his agreement enforces, pursuant to a regulated and judicial discretion, the actual accomplishment of a thing stipulated for, on the ground

Proceeding

1963, s. 22. Proceeding, is a term of wide amplitude. It means a prescribed course of action for enforcing or protecting a legal right and further embracing the requisite steps to be taken whether procedural or substantive.

Tax

ESTATE DUTY; INCOME-TAX; LAND-TAX. A 'tax' is a compulsory exaction of money by public authority for public purposes enforceable by law and is not payment for services rendered, The Commissioner v. Sri Lakshmindra Thirtha Swamiar of Sri

promise

is not made for the benefit of the party making it, and must be in writing to be enforceable false promise : a promise that is made with no intention of carrying it out and esp. with

lien

expenses called also special lien choate lien : a lien that requires no further action to be made enforceable and that identifies the lienor, the property subject to the lien, and the amount of the lien common-law

Whoever

as firm, and does not connote natural person alone, M/s Rai Bahadur Seth Shreeram Durgaprasad v. Director of Enforcement, AIR 1987 SC 1364. The word 'whoever' in sub-s. (1) of s. 23 of the Foreign Exchange Regulation

Suit

cannot be stretched to criminal pro-secutions. The suit mentioned therein is restricted to 'recovery of money or for enforcement of any security against the industrial company or of any guarantee in respect of any loans or advance

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