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Desertion
241 to 243 of Halsbury's Laws of England (3rd Edn.), Vol. 12, in the following words:' 'In its essence desertion means the intentional permanent forsaking and abandonment of one spouse by the other without that other's consent
Pawn or Pledge
pledgee must surrender it to the person who succeeds to the ownership. See FACTOR. It is of the essence of the contract that there should be an actual delivery of the thing to the pledgee; for until
Penalty
Lea v. Whitaker, (1872) LR 8 CP p. 73, per Keating, J. The words are not conclusive; the essence of penalty is a payment stipulated as in terrorem of the offending party: the essence of liquidated damages
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Free-board, or freebord
outside of the boundary fence. The right seems to be of the nature of a negative easement, its essence apparently consisting in the right of the owner of the park to have the strip kept free, open
Legislative power and judicial power
Legislative power and judicial power, the essence of the distinction between legislative power and judicial power is that the legislature makes new law which becomes
Lease or licence
grant amounts to a lease or a licence, it is essential, therefore, to look to the substance and essence of the agreement and not to its form, Board of Revenue v. A.M. Ansari, AIR 1976 SC 1813
In specie
In specie, in its own form and essence, not in the form of an equivalent: in coin, as distinguished from paper money.
Hire
attention about the goods, as by warehousemen, wharfingers, etc. (a) In contracts for work it is of the essence of the contract: (1) That there should be work to be done; (2) that it should be done
Fiction
Fiction. Fictions are 'those things that have no real essence in their own body but are so accepted in law for a special purpose.' 'Fictio' in old Roman
Food products and food preparations
Food products and food preparations, food flavour, concentrates and essence are not covered, Asian Chemical Works v. Union of India, 1994 Supp (2) SCC 95.
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