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Separation

21 QBD 424; Sweet v. Sweet, (1895) 1 QB 12. The Court will decree specific performance of an agreement to execute a deed of immediate separation if based upon sufficient consideration, Gibbs v. Harding, (1870) LR 5

bailment

property by accident or mistake (as by finding it or receiving a mistaken delivery) called also involuntary bailment gratuitous bailment : a bailment in which there is no compensation or benefit to one party ;esp : one … control of the property. Any of these elements may be actual or constructive. Bailments may be created by contracts, either express or implied, which require agreement, and the agreement may also be express or implied. Contracts for

debt

: something owed: as a : a specific sum of money or a performance due another esp. by agreement (as a loan agreement) [to pay the s…of the United States "U.S. Constitution art. I"] [a for alimony]

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League of Nations (Societe des Nations)

at the conclusion of the War of 1914-1919 (First World War), with a membership of 58 States. The Covenant, consisting of 26 Articles at the beginning of each of the Peace Treaties, is its charter, pledging these

Pension

undeserved want. Relevant rules merely make effective the constitutional mandate. Pension is a right not a bounty or gratuitous payment, Poonamal v. Union of India, AIR 1985 SC 1196: (1985) 3 SCC 345: (1985) 3 SCR 1042; … of his past services is 'pension' within the meaning of clause 2 of Article VIII of the Merger Agreement, State of Gujarat v. Dr. R.B. Chandrachud, AIR 1971 SC 846 (853): (1969) 1 SCC 300: (1969) 2

Law

All the rules of conduct established and enforced by the authority. Webster American Dictionary, p. 808. Is an agreement between a native ruler and a company executing the company taxes and action, is not law, Bengal N.C.

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