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Consideration

Consideration. Any act of the promisee (the person claiming the benefit of an obligation) from which the promisor (the person...

Contraband [fr. Contra, Lat., against; and bando, Ital., edict], such goods as are prohibited to be imported or exported, bought...

Cross-action, a claim by the defendant against the plaintiff put forward in a separate action but arising out of the...

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Hire [locatio, conductio, Lat.], a bailment for a reward or compensation. It is divisible into four sorts:-(1) The hiring of...

Cruel and unusual treatment, contrary to s. (5) 2(b) of the constitution of offer a condemned man the possibility of...

Doctrine of basic structure, the doctrine of 'a basic structure' was nothing more than a set of obvious inferences relating...

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Entering short. When bills not due are paid into a bank by a customer, it is the custom of some...

Fact, question of. See QUESTIONS OF FACT. Something that actually exists; as aspect of reality, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.,...

Final report, charge-sheet, the expressions 'charge-sheet' or 'final-report' are not used in the Code, but it is understood in Police...

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