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gratuitous promise

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contract

of a commodity on a specified future date at a set price : future called also future contract gratuitous contract in the civil law of Louisiana : a contract in which one party promises to do something … an agreement see also accept, bargain, breach, cause, consent, consideration, duty, meeting of the minds, obligation, offer, performance, promise, rescind, social contract, subcontract Uniform Commercial Code in the Important Laws section NOTE: Contracts must be made by

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Consideration

a simple contract and may be insufficient for the validity of other transactions maybe found:' (a) In so-called gratuitous or voluntary promises which are void for want of a reciprocal return however obligatory they may be in … Consideration. Any act of the promisee (the person claiming the benefit of an obligation) from which the promisor (the person burdened with the obligation)

nudum pactum

: an agreement or promise that is made without consideration and hence unenforceable [a mere nudum pactum] compare gratuitous promise at promise

Voluntary

Done by design or intention 2. Unconstrained by interference; not impelled by outside *** 3. Without valuable consideration; gratuitous, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1569. Means (i) some promise of advantage or some threat, (ii) of

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; … 1 SCC 305. Pension is not merely a statutory right but it is the fulfilment of a constitutional promise inasmuch as it partakes the character of public assistance in case of unemployment, old-age, disablement or similar other

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