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hard and fast

invariable firmly established as hard and fast regulations

Fuzzy

Not firmly woven that ravels

Confirm

To make firm or firmer to add strength to to establish as health is confirmed by exercise

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Person

Profit Tax, West Bengal, AIR 1953 SC 516. According to company law it does not mean an unregistered firm, Firm Pannaji v. Devichand Kapurchand, 99 IC 640. Person, does not include court, Kharka Gigabhai Mavji v. Soni

Partnership

things, for equal shares in profits and equal contributions to losses; for indemnification of every partner by the firm in respect of payments properly made for the firm; that every partner may take part in the business;

Gift

become specified only on partition the same is the position in the case of a partner of a firm. No partner of a firm can claim exclusive or specific right in any specific asset of the property

Goodwill

Goodwill, may be the whole advantage belonging to the firm, its reputation as also connection thereof. It, thus, means that every affirmative advantage as contrasted with negative advantage

Guaranty, or Guarantee

which takes the place of s. 4 of the same Act, 'a continuing guaranty given either to a firm or to a third person in respect of the transactions of a firm is, in the absence of

Business names

Business names. The (English) Registration of Business Names Act, 1916, necessitates the registration of every firm or person carrying on business in the United Kingdom unless carried on in their true names. 'Business' includes

Novation

consent, of a new debtor for an old one. The cases on novation between a customer and a firm will be found discussed in Lindley on Partnership. Slight evidence is sufficient to show that a creditor who

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