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Client

makes it impossible to be perfectly assured, in certain cases, whether in their transactions the client is a free agent, or under influence and imposition. A Court of Equity, therefore, will not permit a solicitor to take

Doctrine of pari delicto

none of the parties is a victim of such exploitation and both parties have voluntarily and by their free will joined hands to flout the law for their mutual gain, Mohd. Salimuddin v. Misri Lal, (1986) 2 SCC

Libertarian

Pertaining to liberty or to the doctrine of free will as opposed to the doctrine of necessity

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economic duress

economic duress : wrongful or unlawful conduct that creates fear of economic hardship which prevents the exercise of free will in engaging in a business transaction ;also : the defense of economic duress called also business compulsion

Proved to the satisfaction of the court

been arrived at. The agreement contemplated envisages the two parties coming to certain terms voluntarily and of a free will so as to put an end to the litigation pending between them in the court, C.K. Chandrahas Shetty

Jansenism

The doctrine of Jansen regarding free will and divine grace

Larceny

cannot be a larceny. As to the difference between property parted with by the owner of his own free will, however fradulently influenced, in other words, between property 'entrusted' and 'possession by a trick,' see Oppenheimer v. Frazer,

Furiosis nulla voluntas est

Furiosis nulla voluntas est. D. 50, 17, 5; D. 1 18, 13, s. 1-(Madmen have no free will.) Furiosus stipulare non potest nec aliquid negotium agere, qui non intelligit quid agit. 4 Co. 126, (A madman

Jansenist

Jansen a Roman Catholic bishop of Ypres in Flanders in the 17th century who taught certain doctrines denying free will and the possibility of resisting divine grace

Determinism

The doctrine that the will is not free but is inevitably and invincibly determined by motives preceding events and natural laws

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