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In pari delicto potior est conditio possidentis

the stronger ground. The law will take notice of an illegal transaction to defeat a suit, not to maintain one. Thus,

Innocent agent

prosecution because the agent had no knowledge of the principal's illegal purpose, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 792.

Jamaican switch

Jamaican switch, means an illegal scheme whereby one conspirator convinces the victim of a need

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Joyriding

Joyriding, means the illegal driving of someone else's automobile without permission, but with no

Khandani

money from various businessman, land developers, person carrying on the illegal activities in gambling dens, drug traffickers, etc. Such collected money

Key money

transaction; Key money in the second sense is usu. an illegal bribe that violates housing laws. Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.,

Habeas corpus ad subjiciendum

the writ of habeas corpus in liberating the subject from illegal confinement in a public prison, it also extends its influence

Knock-out

low price. At Common Law such an agreement is not illegal [Rawlins v. General Trading Co., (1921) 1 KB 635], and

Lawful, Legal

Act, rules etc. whereas lawful visualises all that is not illegal against law or even permissible. Lawful is wider in connotation

Legally bound to do

said to be 'legally bound to do' whatever it is illegal in him to omit, Indian Penal Code, 1860, s. 43.

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