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Power

the party entrusted. The test is whether what is expressed by the testator is his direction intended to contract the conduct of the person to whom it is addressed; or whether it is merely his wish or … Power, in respect of court the word 'power' means an authority expressly or impliedly conferred on the court by law to do that which without that sanction it could not

agreement

explicitly by their language or implicitly by other circumstances (as a course of dealings). 2 a : an expression (as a settlement, covenant, or contract) of the intent or willingness of two or more parties to bind

Lease

or on termination the same is handed over to the lessor subject to the terms of the contract, express or implied, State of Karnataka v. Subhash Rukhmayya Guttedar, AIR 1993 SC 860: (1993) Supp 3 SCC 290.

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Employer

1961 (43 of 1961), s. 115W(a)] Employer, means: A person who controls and direct a worker under an express or implied contract of hire and who pays the workers salary or wages, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.

quantum meruit

or doctrine that permits recovery by a party for services or materials provided despite the absence of an express contract when they were accepted and used by the defendant under circumstances which gave reasonable notice that the plaintiff

Tamashuk sarti kebala

bond, a bill sale, title-deeds, and the like'. Even accepting the widest meaning given to that word, the expression can only mean a bond or a contract by way of conditional sale. So trans-lated the expression is

assumpsit

assumpsit [Medieval Latin, he/she undertook] : an express or implied promise or contract or quasi contract the breach of which may be grounds for a suit

zipper clause

a zipper] : a clause in a labor contract indicating that the agreement is an exclusive and complete expression of consent NOTE: A zipper clause may constitute a waiver of the right to bargain over issues negotiated

anticipatory repudiation

by one party to a contract to perform his or her future obligations under the contract that is expressed either by a clear statement of refusal or by a statement or action that clearly implies refusal

Time Charter-party

use her. In such cases the contract is really one of letting the ship, and, subject to the express terms of the charter-party, the liabilities of the ship owner and the charterers to one another are to

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