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International Covenants, 'International Covenants' means the International Convenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on the 16th December, 1966. [Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 (10 of 1994), s. 2(1) (f)]...
covenant
covenant 1 : an official agreement or compact [an international on human rights] 2 a : a contract in its entirety or a promise within a contract for the performance or nonperformance of a particular act [a not to sue] ;specif : a promise relating to the transfer, possession, or ownership of real property see also covenant not to compete, restrictive covenant b : a warranty in a deed assuring the grantee esp. against defects in title [a for quiet enjoyment] see also run 3 : a common-law action to recover damages for breach of a contract under seal compare assumpsit, debt covenant vb ...
Human rights
Human rights, means the rights relating to life, liberty, equality and dignity of the individual guaranteed by the Constitution or embodied in the International Covenants and enforceable by courts in India. [Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 (10 of 1994), s. 2 (1) (d)]The freedoms, immunities and benefits that accor-ding to modern values (esp. at an international level, all human beings should be able to claim as a matter of right in society in which they live, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn....
Works contract
Works contract, means any agreement for carrying out for cash, deferred payment or other valuable consideration-(a) the construction, fitting out, improvement, or repair of any building, road, bridge or other immovable property,(b) the installation or repair of any machinery affixed to a building or other immovable property,(c) the overhaul or repair of-(i) any motor vehicle,(ii) any sea-going vessel, river craft or steamer,(iii) any other vessel propelled by internal combustion engine or by any other mechanical means,(iv) railway engine,(v) any aircraft, or(vi) any component or accessory part of any of the goods mentioned in items (i) to (v), or(d) the fitting of, assembling, altering, ornamenting, finishing, furnishing, improving, processing, treating or adapting any goods. [West Bengal Value Added Tax Act, 2003, s. 2(57)]...
International Commercial Arbitration
International Commercial Arbitration, the definition of 'international commercial arbitration' makes no distinction between international commercial arbitrations which take place in India or internalcommercial arbitrations which take place outside India, AIR 2002 SC 1432 (1439): (2002) 4 SCC 105. [Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, s. 2(f)]International commercial arbitration means an arbitration relating to disputes arising out of legal relationships, whether contractual or not, con-sidered as commercial under the law in force in India and where at least one of the parties is-(i) an individual who is a national of, or habitually resident in, any country other than India; or(ii) a body corporate which is incorporated in any country other than India; or(iii) a company or an association or a body of individuals whose central management and control is exercised in any country other than India; or(iv) the Government of a foreign country. [Arbitra-tion Act, 1996 (26 of 1996), s. 2(1) (...
International Law
International Law. I. Public Law: The law of nations, strictly so called, was in a great measure unknown to antiquity, and is the slow growth of modern times, under the combined influence of Christianity, intercourse, commerce and war.II. Private Law (Conflict of Laws): It is plain that the laws of one country can have no intrinsic force, proprio vigore, except within the territorial limits and jurisdiction of that country. They can bind only its own subjects and others who are within its jurisdictional limits; and the latter only while they remain therein. No other nation, or its subjects, is bound to yield the slightest obedience to those laws. Whatever extra-territorial force they are to have is the result not of any original power to extend them abroad, but of that respect which, from motives of public policy, other nations are disposed to yield to them, giving them effect, as the phrase is, sub mutu' vicissitudinis obtentu, with a wise and liberal regard to common convenience and ...
contract
contract [Latin contractus from contrahere to draw together, enter into (a relationship or agreement), from com- with, together + trahere to draw] 1 : an agreement between two or more parties that creates in each party a duty to do or not do something and a right to performance of the other's duty or a remedy for the breach of the other's duty ;also : a document embodying such 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 parties with the necessary capacity (as age or mental soundness) and must have a lawful, not criminal, object. Except in Louisiana, a valid contract also requires consideration, mutuality of obligations, and a meeting of the minds. In Louisiana, a valid contract requires the consent of the parties and a cause for the contract in addition to c...
International Airports Authority
International Airports Authority, 'International Airports Authority' means the International Airports Authority of India constituted under s. 3 of the International Airports Authority Act, 1971 (43 of 1971). [Airports Authority of India Act, 1994 (55 of 1994), s. 2(k)]...
Covenant
Covenant [fr. Covenant, Fr.], any agreement, convention, or promise of two or more parties, by deed in writing, signed, sealed, and delivered, by which either of the parties pledges himself to the other that something is either done or shall be done, or stiuplates for the truth of certain facts. He who thus promises is called the covenantor; and he to whom it is made the covenantee. A covenant being part of a deed is subject to the general rules for the construction of such instruents; as, first, to be always taken most strongly against the covenanter and most in favour of the covenantee; secondly, to be taken according to the intent of the parties; thirdly, to be construed ut res magis valeat quam pereat; fourthy, when no time is limited for its performance, that it be performed in a reasonable time.Covenants are personal obligations; formerly the did not bind theheirs of the covenanter unless the heirs were named and inthat case only to the extent of the lands descended, but if made ...
internal law
internal law : the law of a state regulating its internal affairs compare international law, whole law ...
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