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Covenant
[Re De Ros' Trust, (1885) 31 Ch D 88]. A covenant to do a thing which upon the face of it appears to be prejudicial to the public interest, or othrwise contrary to law, is absolutely void, … sched. Of the (English) L.P. Act, 1925, as to covenants implied in a conveyance (not a mortgage) for value of land subject to a rent charge or an assignment for value of a lease similarly subject, see
Confession
statement intended by the maker to be exculpatory or neutral and which appears to be so on its face, but which becomes damaging to him at the trial because, for example, its contents can then be shown … [Evidence Act (1 of 1987), s. 24] 'Confession' in common acceptation means and implies acknowledgment of guilt--its evidentiary value and its acceptability however shall have to be assessed by the Court having due regard to the credibility
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