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Undue influence, Any influence, pressure, or domination in such circumstances that the person acting under that influence may be held not to have exercised his free and independent volition in regard to the act.As to gifts, see title SPIRITUALISM and Lyon v. Home, (1868) LR 6 Eq 655, and as to wills, see Parfitt v. Lawless, (1872) LR 2 P&M 462.In the case of benefits or advantages obtained in certain relationships, the existence of this influence is presumed, e.g., guardian and ward, a parent over a child upon or soon after attaining age and the possession of property, a guide or instructor, medical advisers, ministers or professors of religion, managers of business [Coomber v. Coomber, (1911) 1 Ch 174], attendants upon or advisers of aged and infirm people. In such cases, in regard to transactions inter vivos, the onus of proving absence of undue influence lies on the person claiming the benefit of the disposition or act, and in some cases, e.g., gifts by clients to their solicitors (...
undue influence
undue influence : improper influence that deprives a person of freedom of choice or substitutes another's choice or desire for the person's own compare coercion, duress, necessity NOTE: It is a doctrine of equity that a contract, deed, donation, or testamentary disposition can be set aside if the court finds that someone has exercised undue influence over the maker at the time that the contract, conveyance, or will was made. To establish a prima facie case it is usually necessary to show a susceptibility to undue influence (as from mental impairment), the opportunity and disposition on someone's part to exercise such influence, and that the transaction would not have been made except for the undue influence. ...
influence
influence 1 a : the act or power of producing an effect without any apparent exertion of force or direct exercise of command b : corrupt interference with authority for personal gain 2 : the power or capacity of causing an effect in indirect or intangible ways 3 : one that exerts influence in·flu·enc·er n under the influence : affected by alcohol or another intoxicant [was arrested for driving under the influence] ...
operating under the influence
operating under the influence :driving under the influence ...
driving under the influence
driving under the influence ...
rico (racketeer influenced and corrupt organization act)
rico (racketeer influenced and corrupt organization act) A federal (or state) law designed to investigate, control and prosecute organized crime, and to combat the infiltration of organized crime into legitimate business. Source: FindLaw ...
Influencer
One who or that which influences...
Influencive
Tending to influence influential...
Influencing the thinking
Influencing the thinking, means where the assess-ment of resources is concerned. Such assessment is in part a matter of putting a value on assets and partly a matter of arithmetical calculation, Reg. v. Legal Aid Board, Ex parte Parsons, 1997 All ER 347. See also Reg. v. Legal Aid Appeal Committee, Exp. McCormick (Q.B.D.), (2000) 1 WLR 1804....
Astrology
Astrology, Astrology is a science which claims to foretell the future or make predictions by studying the supposed influence of the relative positions of the moon, sun, planets and other stars on human affairs. It, requires study of celestial bodies, of their positions, magnitudes, motions and distances, etc. Astronomy is a pure science. It was studied as a subject in ancient India and India has produced great astronomers, long before anyone in the Western world studied it as a subject. Since Astrology is partly based upon study of movement of sun, earth, planets and other celestial bodies, it is a study of science at least to some extent, P.M. Bhargava v. U.G.C., (2004) 6 SCC 661 (669): AIR 2004 SC 3478. See also Vedic Astrology.Astrology is either a science or a pseudo-science the forecasting of earthly and human events by means of observing and interpreting the fixed stars, the sun, the moon and the planets has exerted a sometimes extensive and a sometimes peripheral inference in ma...
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