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Wrong

s. 23(1)(a) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 the conduct alleged has to be something more than a mere disinclination to agree to an offer of reunion and must be misconduct serious enough to justify denial of

Void

degrees of invalidity, depending upon the gravity of the infirmity, as to whether it is, fundamental or otherwise mere use of word 'void' is not determinative of its legal impact, State of Kerala v. M.K. Kuntikannan Nambiar,

Uses

the Statute of Wills, 32 Hen. 8, c. 1. (3) They were transferable, although at law they were mere choses in action. (4) A cestui que use in possession of the land was deemed a tenant at

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Unfair advantage or hardship

Unfair advantage or hardship, mere inadequacy of consideration or the mere fact that the contract is onerous to the defendant or improvident in

Tenure

which did not, in point of acquisition, services, and the like, strictly conform to the nature of a mere military feud, such as those that were sold and bartered for any equivalent, or granted free from all

Sufferance, Tenancy at

least and lowest estate which can subsist in realty. It is in strictness not an estate, but a mere possession only it arises when a person after his right to the occupation, under a lawful title, is

Speaking order

Speaking order, an order which contains matter which is explanatory; or illustravite of the mere direction which is given by it. Speaking order, is one which, on mere perusal, springs to one's mind

Sessions of the peace

same place, for the execution of some power vested in them by law, whether had on their own mere motion, or on the requisition of any party entitled to require their attendance in discharge of some duty,

Estoppel

named therein is registered as the holder of the shares in the register of the company, but a mere statement or receipt that the certificates referred to in a transfer have been lodged with a company; the

Acknowledgement

for a valid 'acknowledgement' is that the writing concerned must contain an admission of a subsisting liability. A mere admission of a past liability is not sufficient to constitute such an `acknowledgement'. Hence a mere recital in

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