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Federalism
the existence of the Union and the States and the distribution of powers between them. Federalism, therefore, essentially implies demarcation of powers in a federal compact, S.R. Bommai v. Union of India, AIR 1994 SC 1918 (1945): … between the Centre and the States which are the structural units operating on balancing wheel of concurrence and promises to resolve problems and promote social, economic and cultural advancement of its people and to create fraternity among
Voluntary
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 a temporal character, (iii) held out or made by a person … or made by a person in authority, and (iv) relating to the charge in the sense that it implies that the accused's position in the contemplated proceedings will or may be better or worse according to whether
Guarantee
the parties intending to create legal relations and having the capacity to contract. Supported by consideration, actual or implied. A guarantee is often termed a 'collateral' or 'conditional' contract, in order to distinguish it from one that … 366(13)] Guarantee, is in collateral engagement to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another person, a promise to another as debtor to secure the payment of a debt payable to him, Stroud's Judicial Dictionary, Vol.
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Acceptance
been made, Jac. Law Dict. The assenting to an offer: it is by the acceptance, whether express or implied, of an offer that all contracts are made. See CONTRACT, AGREEMENT. Acceptance of a bill of exchange is … mere signature is sufficient to charge him: and it must not express that the drawee will perform his promise by any other means than the payment of money, Ib. See BILL OF EXCHANGE. Means communicated acceptance, Ashok
Salary or wages
work) capable of being expressed in terms of money, which would, if the terms of employment, express or implied, were fulfilled, be payable to an employee in respect of his employment or of work done in such … Ltd., (1967) 66 ITR 692. Sale, is a transfer of ownership in exchange for a price, paid or promised. Such transfer, in the case of tangible immovable property of the value of one hundred rupees and upwards,
Contract
usually called an express contract; when the agreement is matter of inference and deduction, it is called n implied contract. (See IMPLIED CONTRACT.) Contract, which provides that the price includes the cost of the goods, the freight … entire contract is one the consideration of which is entire on both sides. The entire fulfilment of the promise by either is a condition to the fulfilment of any part of the promise by the other. Whenever,
Trespass
or property. A trespass is an injury committed with violence, and this violence may be either actual or implied; and the law will imply violence, though none is actually used, where the injury is of a direct … action of trespass on the case in trover and conversion, is given by law; so, also, non-performance of promises or undertakings is a trespass, upon which an action of trespass on the case in assumpit is grounded;
Indemnity
Indemnity, a contract, express or implied, to keep a person harmless from loss which that person may incur by reason of some act, omission … and Under Secretaries of State Act, 1929 (20 Geo. 5, c. 9). A contract by which one party promises to save the other from the loss caused to him by the conduct of the promisor himself, or
Confession
to a confession. The confession should be a voluntary one, that means not caused by inducement, threat or promise. Whether a confession is voluntary or not is essentially a question of fact, Shankar v. State of Tamil … (1171): (1967) 3 SCR 672. [Evidence Act (1 of 1987), s. 24] 'Confession' in common acceptation means and implies acknowledgment of guilt--its evidentiary value and its acceptability however shall have to be assessed by the Court having
Oath
falsehood'. It includes an affirmation. It is 'a pledge by the person taking it that his attestation or promise is made under an immediate sense of responsibility to God.' Similarly an affirmation in lieu of oath binds … be taken by particular officers. The (English) Promissory Oaths Act, 1871, expressly repeals a number of Acts already impliedly repealed. The (English) Parliamentary Oaths Act, 1866 (29 Vict. c. 19), requires the oath of allegiance to be
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