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Negligence

criminal law there are a series of offences based on negligence in which loss or injury is not material. It is enough if the act is likely to cause injury or endanger life, Kedarnath v. State, AIR … SCC 731. (Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, s. 168). [s. 81, ill. (a), I.P.C.] As a tort is the breach of a duty caused by omission to do something which a reasonable man would do, or doing something

fraud

deceive another to his or her disadvantage ;specif : a misrepresentation or concealment with reference to some fact material to a transaction that is made with knowledge of its falsity or in reckless disregard of its truth … is against public interests (as because of the violation of a public or private trust or confidence, the breach of a fiduciary duty, or the use of undue influence) called also legal fraud compare actual fraud in

County Courts

personal actions where the debt, demand or damage claimed is notmore than 100l. except libel, slander, seduction, or breach of promise of marriage, ejectment where either the value of the lands or the rent exceeds 100l. a … the consolidating and amending (English) County Courts Act, 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 43), an Act very materially but very shortly amended by the (English) County Courts Act, 1903 (3 Dew. 7, c. 42), which came

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Information

Information, an accusation, or complaint, also, communicated knowledge. Information means any material in any form, including records, documents, memos, e-mails, opinions, advices, press-releases, circulars, orders, logbooks, contracts, reports, papers, samples, … usual information are, in cases of intrusion, for trespasses on Crown lands; debt, for Crown moneys due upon breaches of penal statutes; and in rem, when any goods are supposed to become they property of the Crown,

Corroboration

of promise of marriage the plaintiff may give evidence, but cannot recover a verdict unless corroborated by other material evidence in support of the promise, 32 & 33 Vict. c. 68, s. 2. See MARRIAGE, PROMISE OF. … to charge the father of an illegitimate child under the Bastardy Acts. See AFFILIATION. In an action for breach of promise of marriage the plaintiff may give evidence, but cannot recover a verdict unless corroborated by other

Not guilty

of which plea is, that on the one hand, it puts the prosecutor to the proof of every material fact alleged in the indictment or information, and on the other it entitles the defendant to avail himself … which occurred in actions of trespass, libel, or other tort, and amounted to a denial only of the breach of duty or wrongful act alleged to have been committed by the defendant; this was called pleading the

Usual Covenants

v. Wickens, (1878) 7 Ch D 555; Re Lander, (1892) 3 Ch 41. A proviso for re-entry on breach of covenants generally is not 'usual,' but a proviso for re-entry on breach of the covenant to pay … by the applicant. See A.P. notes to Ord. LVIII., r. 16. Usual terms, are very variable phenomena, differing materially not only according to the nature of the contract, but also according to the size, situation and value

Trade Union

any court to entertain any legal proceeding instituted with the object of directly enforcing or recovering damages for breach of any of the following agreements, namely, (1) Any agreement between members of a trade union as such, … any of the purposes of the union are unlawful. The (English) Act of 1871 was further and very materially amended by the (English) Trade Union Act, 1913, and the Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act, 1927. These

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