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Public policy

is opposed to public policy. If cannot be said that public policy is involved in a contract which expressly prohibits assignment or subletting because it is made with government authorities, S Meikole Udayar v. S.P. Periasami Konar,

Pith and substance-doctrine of

substance-doctrine of, the doctrine of 'pith and substance' means that if an enactment substantially fall within the powers expressly conferred by the Constitution upon the legislature which enacted it, it cannot be held to be invalid, merely

Possibility on a possibility

'post-horse,' 'post-house,' etc. Contract through Post.--A letter of acceptance posted, though not received, if the post has been expressly or impliedly (as it usually is) authorized as a means of communication, creates a binding contract bet-ween the

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Presetment of Bill of Exchange, Cheque, or Pro-missory Note

Presentment of Bill for Acceptance.--Presentment is necessary if the bill be payable after sight or if it be expressly stipulated for by the bill, or if it be drawn payable elsewhere than at the residence or place

Prohibition

Commissioners, (1880) 5 QBD 217], but where the prohibition applied for is to a county Court, it is expressly dispensed with by County Courts Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 53), s. 112, replacing County

Proviso, Trial by

proceed to the trial as if he were proceeding as plaintiff. The right to try by proviso was expressly saved by (English) C.L.P. Act, 1852, s. 116, but a defendant seldom tried by proviso, as the better

Public emergency and economic emergency

with a view to taking further action under this s. Economic emergency is not one of those matters expressly mentioned in the statute, Hukam Chand Shyam Lal v. Union of India, (1976) 2 SCC 128: AIR 1976

Real Burden

Real Burden. Where a right to lands is expressly granted under the burden of a specific sum, or a burden of a specific sum is constituted on

Queen

same powers, prerogatives, rights, dignities, and duties as if she had been a king, the law being so expressly declared in 1554 by 1 Mary, sess. 3, c. 1. Consult Jac. Law Dict.

Quiet enjoyment

one not being a person claiming in respect of an estate or interest subject whereto the conveyance is expressly made, through whom the person who so conveys derives title, otherwise than by purchase for value. See David

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