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Consideration
available. No standard can be prescribed in such matters, Corpn. of the City of Bangalore v. Kesoram Industries and Cotton Mills Ltd., 1989 Supp (2) … is attended by formalities from which a deliberate intention to make a binding promise is presumed. Valuable consideration may be described as the very life and soul of a simple contractor parol agreement. Valuable consideration may be:-- … inconvenience sustained or suffered by the promisee at the request, express or implied, of the promisor. See Laythoarp v. Bryant, 3 Scott 250; 2 Wms. Saund 137 h; Currie v. Misa, (1875) LR 10 Exch 153. Consideration
Injunction
dissenting chapel; the dealing with or the sailing of a ship: the breach of covenants; and see Shelfer v. City of London Electric Lighting Co., (1895) 1 Ch 322 (323). In a proper case damages may be awarded
Repeal
of the courts is against implied repeal. See West Ham v. Fourth City Mutual Building Society, (1892) 1 QB 654, and other cases cited in … 1 QB 654, and other cases cited in Mew's Digest, vol. 19, p. 842, tit. 'Statute.' A repeal may be brought about by repugnant legislation, without even any reference to the Act intended to be repealed, for … contrarias abrogant. By s. 11 of the Inter-pretation Act, 1889, re-enacting s. 5 of Lord Brougham's Act (13 Vict. c. 21), where an Act passed after 1850 repeals a repealing enactment, it does not revive any enactment
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Bankruptcy debt
after his discharge from bankruptcy) by reason of any obligation incurred before commencement of the bankruptcy, R (Steele) v. Birmingham City Council, (2006) 1 WLR 2380 (CA). Bankruptcy debt, in relation to a bankrupt, means (1) any … he is subject at the commencement of the bankruptcy or (b) any debt or liability to which he may become subject after the commencement of the bankruptcy (including after his discharge from bankruptcy) by reason of any
Planned development
beauty of an upcoming city and may pose a threat for the ecological balance and environmental safeguards, Padma v. Hirala Motilal Desarda, (2002) 7 SCC 564). Means a scheme of arrangement, a scheme of action, project of … science and aesthetics or urbanization as it saves the development from chaos and uglification. A departure from planning may result in disfiguration of the beauty of an upcoming city and may pose a threat for the ecological
air right
or leased for development purposes [make use of the air rights above the Terminal "Penn Central Transportation Co. v. City of New York, 438 U.S. 104 (1978)"] … air right : a property right to the space above a surface or object (as a building) that may be sold or leased for development purposes [make use of the air rights above the Terminal "Penn Central
Vibration
1907 AC 121, and the aggrieved person is usually entitled to an injunc-tion as well as damages, Shelfer v. City of London Electric Lighting Co., (1895) 1 Ch 287. … Vibration. This may amount to a nuisance, but regard must be had to the character of the locality, Polsue, etc., Ltd.
nuisance
minor compared to the likelihood of injury [declined to extend the doctrine of attractive nuisance…to moving trains "Honeycutt v. City of Wichita, 796 P.2d 549 (1990)"] NOTE: The doctrine of attractive nuisance originated in an 1873 U.S. Supreme … at·trac·tive nuisance 1 : a thing or condition on one's property that poses a risk to children who may be attracted to it without realizing the risk by virtue of their youth 2 : a doctrine or
Family
an independent unit irrespective of the nature of the user, Corporation of City of Nagpur v. Handloom Cloth Market Co. Ltd., AIR 1963 SC 1192 … Edn., p. 620. In relation to an occupier, means the individual, the wife or husband, as the case may be, of such individual, and their children, brother or sister of such individual. [Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) … relations then the settlement of such a dispute can be considered as a family arrangement, S. Shanmugam Pillai v. K. Shanmugam Pillai, AIR 1972 SC 2069 (2076): (1973) 2 SCC 312: (1973) 1 SCR 570. Family connotes
Market overt
to the following rules.--(1)The sale must be in a place that is open, so that anyone who passes may see it, and that is proper for the sale of such goods; (2) it must be an actual … is no corresponding law in Scotland. By a special custom of the City of London, goods on sale to the public in shops to which … that is proper for the sale of such goods; (2) it must be an actual sale for a valuable consideration; (3) the buyer must not know that the seller has a wrongful possession of the goods sold;
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