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Resumption

making an abatement of rent and giving compensation for damage to crops. Notice to quit part only being invalid at common law, Doe v. Archer, (1811) 14 East, 245 this resumption has frequently to be specially stipulated

Conoirmatio est nulla ubi donum precedens est invaldium

Conoirmatio est nulla ubi donum precedens est invaldium [Lat.], There is no confirmation where the preceding gift is invalid.

Shall

the words of the statute are punctitiously followed, the proceeding or the out-come of the proceeding would be invalid, State of Uttar Pradesh v. Manbodhan Lal, AIR 1957 SC 912. Shall, in stating the case or condition,

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Si as pro auro veneat non valet

pro auro veneat non valet (D. 18. 1, 9, 2), if bronze is sold for gold it is invalid. The maxim was discussed by the Divisional Court of Q.B. in Kennedy v. Panama & Mail Co., 1867

Threats

patent in respect of a claim in the specification which is not shown by the plaintiff to be invalid or an infringement of rights arising from the acceptance of a complete specification in respect of a claim

Wills

to be admitted a witness to prove the execution thereof, such will shall not on that account be invalid. The fifteenth s. enacts that if any person who shall attest the execution of any will, to whom

Consultation

not an empty formality. An appointment made in direct or indirect disobedience of this constitutional mandate, would be invalid, M.M. Gupta v. State of Jammu & Kashmir, (1982) 3 SCC 412: AIR 1982 SC 1579: (1983) 1

Illusory Appointments Act, 1830

16th, 1830, in exercise of a power to appoint property, real or personal, among several objects, shall be invalid, or impeached in equity, on the ground that an unsubstantial, illusory, or nominal share only was thereby appointed,

Collateral advantage

provision giving the mortgagee a benefit over and above the repayment of the advance, with interest. To be invalid, such a benefit must form part of the mortgage transaction; if the advantage arises out of a separate

duress

a contract made under duress is voidable by the coerced party. Similarly, a will signed under duress is invalid. Duress may also be used to justify a criminal act. A threat to bring a lawsuit is not

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