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Consideration
it contravenes the principles of the Common Law, or the special requirements of a statute. The former illegality exists whenever the consideration is founded upon a transaction which violates public policy or morality:'as a contract to commit,
Married women's property
separate property the date of the contractor not; (4) should so bind her after-acquired, as well as her existing, property; and (5) should, if trading, whether separately from her husband or not, be subject to the laws … Married women's property, At Common Law, a woman, by marrying, transferred the ownership of all her property, real and personal, present and future, to
Law of Property Act, 1925 (English)
of annexed to or charged upon the legal estate in land. Any number of these legal estates can exist in respect of the same piece of land or incorporeal hereditament; for instance, land may be held in … Law of Property Act, 1925 (English) 915 Geo. 5, c. 20), with amending Acts, 1926, 1929 and 1932 (cited
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Possession
protected as such by law. Legal possession is ordinarily associated with de facto possession; but legal possession may exist without de facto possession, and de facto possession is not always regarded as possession in law. A person
Debt
meaning in which it is used in, s. 60, C.P.C. Ordinarily, 'debt' means money that is owed; an existing obligation to pay certain amount; a sum of money due from one person to another, J. Jermans v. … contract alleged to have taken place between the parties, or on some matter of fact from which the law would imply a contract between them. This was debt in the debet, which was the principal and only
Jurisdiction
implies the court or tribunal with judical power to hear and determine a cause, and such tribunal cannot exist except by authority of law. Jurisdiction always emanates directly and immediately from the law; it is a power
Renewal of lease
1st January, 1926, been converted into terms of 2,000 years from the date of the commen-cement of the existing term. The conversion is without prejudice to the covenants and conditions of the lease or the trusts, powers, … renewal, see Wynn v. Conway Corporation, (1914) 2 Ch 705, and cases there referred to. By the (English) Law of Property Act, 1922, s. 145, and 15th Sch., perpetually renewable leases have, from the 1st January, 1926,
promise
depending solely on the will of the supposed promisor] implied promise : a promise that is considered to exist despite the lack of an agreement or express terms to that effect and the breach of which may … that he would not be terminated at will] see also promise implied in fact and promise implied in law in this entry naked promise : gratuitous promise in this entry original promise : a promise (as in
Law
Additional Industrial Tribunal, AIR 1970 SC 245: (1969) 2 SCC 43. An executive order cannot be regarded as existing law or 'law in force', K.O. John v. State, AIR 1956 Trav 117. It includes any Act of Parliament
Corporation
of its holders, Chiranji Lal v. Union of India, 1950 SCR 869. Is an artificial being, indivisible and existing only in contemplation of Law, A Dictionary of Law, William C. Anderson, 1889, p. 260. Corporation, may be
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