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commingling

commingling Act of fiduciary in mingling funds of his beneficiary, client, employer, or ward with his own funds. Such act is generally

Account

a formal statement of transactions between two parties including debtor-creditor relation and arising out of contract or some fiduciary relations, Central Bureau of Investigation v. V.C. Shukha, (1998) 3 SCC 410. Means a claim or demand by

agent

act on behalf of and under the control of another in dealing with third parties see also agency, fiduciary relationship, subagent compare fiduciary, principal, servant apparent agent : an agent acting under an agency by estoppel bar·gain·ing

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Institutions

law, and not invalidated, may be carried into execution, which is done by the heir accepting the succession. Fiduciary Bequests are treated of in Titles XXIII. and XXIV. Testamentary Successions, which take place before others, are explained

Breach of duty

Breach of duty, means a breach of a duty especially by a fiduciary (as an agent or corporate officer) in carrying out the functions of his or her position, Webster's Dictionary

Confusion, property by

tit. 1, ss. 27-34. As to the position where a person pays money held by him in a fiduciary character into his own banking account, see Re Hallett'' Estate, (1879) 13 Ch D 696; Sinclair v. Brougham,

Constructive trust

for the person beneficially entitled to the old lease or the expectant, in order to prevent persons in fiduciary situations from acting so as to take a benefit for themselves. This doctrine is extended to the renewal

Fraud

marriage-brokerage bonds, and contracts in restraint of trade. Other transactions again, growing out of a special confidential or fiduciary relation between the parties, are watched with special jealousy, because they afford the means of taking advantage of

Gift

of Equity, and will be set aside on proof of undue influence (see that title), or of a fiduciary relationship of the donee to the donor, see Huguenin v. Baseley, (1806-8) 14 Ves 273; W. & T.

Undue influence

another- (a) Where he holds a real or apparent authority over the other, or where he stands in fiduciary relation to the other; or (b) Where he makes a contract with a person whose mental capacity is

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