Merger Clause - Law Dictionary Search Results
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merger clause : a clause in a contract stating that the contract is a complete statement of the agreement and supersedes any prior terms, representations, or agreements whether made orally or in writing [merger clauses do not apply to subsequent modifications "J. J. White and R. S. Summers"] ...
Merger
Merger [fr. mergo, Lat., to sink], an annihilation, by act of law, of a particular in an expectant estate consequent upon their union in the same person without an intervening estate in another person--thus accelerating into possession the expectant which swallows up the particular estate. It is the drowning of one estate in another, and differs from suspension, which is but a partial extinguishment for a time; while extinguishment, properly so termed, is the destruction of a collateral thing in the subject itself out of which it is derived. 'In order that there may be a merger, the two estates which are supposed to coalesce must be vested in the same person at the same time and in the same right' [Re Radcliffe, (1892) 1 Ch 231, per Lindley, LJ]. An estate tail, however is an exception to the rule; for a man may have in his own right both an estate tail and a reversion in fee; and the estate tail, though a less estate, will not merge in the fee, 2 Bl. Com. 177.The doctrine of merger pr...
merger
merger 1 : the absorption of a lesser estate or interest into a greater one held by the same person compare confusion 2 : the incorporation and superseding of one contract by another 3 a : the treatment (as by statute) of two offenses deriving from the same conduct such that a defendant cannot be or is not punished for both esp. when one offense is incidental to or necessarily included in the other [a of offenses in a statute] [a of convictions] b : the doctrine according to which such offenses must be merged compare double jeopardy NOTE: Merger commonly involves the interpretation of statutes and legislative intent in deciding whether two or more offenses deriving from the same conduct remain distinct. 4 : a doctrine in civil litigation: a judgment in favor of a plaintiff incorporates and supersedes the cause of action and any claims based on it and requires that further litigation in the case by the defendant be concerned with the judgment itself compare bar estoppel by judg...
cash merger
cash merger see merger ...
de facto merger
de facto merger see merger ...
short-form merger
short-form merger see merger ...
statutory merger
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Merger in law
Merger in law, is defined as the absorption of a thing of lesser importance by a greater, whereby the lesser ceases to exist, but the greater is not increased; and absorption or swallowing up so as to involve a loss of identity and individuality, Corpus Juris Secundum, Vol. LVIII, pp. 1067-68....
Clause
Clause, means a clause the article in which the ex-pression occurs. [Constitution of India, Art. 366(5)]A distinct section or provision of a legal documentor instrument, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 243.Clauses, means a series of numbered parts into which a Bill is divided; a descriptive title is printed in the margin of each clause, Parliamentary Practice; Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 1997, p. 463The main clauses of a bill in the Indian Parliament are: (i) Extent clause, (ii) Commencement clause, (iii) Definition clause, (iv) Rule making clause etc., Practice and Procedure by Parliament, M.N. Kaul & S.L. Shakdher, 5th Edn., 2001, p. 537....
Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, (English)
Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, (English) (8 & 9 Vict. C. 18), amended by 23 & 24 Vict. C. 106, and 32 & 33 Vict. c. 18, applicable to England and Ireland, the Public Act of Parliament whereby railway companies and other public bodies, authorised by special Act of Parliament to take the land of individuals for the purpose of such special Act, enter upon and make compensation for the land. Ss. 3 and 5 apply this general Act to every undertaking established by any special Act passed after its date by which the purchase or taking of lands for such undertaking is authorised and incorporate the general Act with such special Act except when or in so far as it is expressly excluded.The (English) Acquisition of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 59), varied the principles of compensation provided by the Lands Clauses Acts upon compulsory purchase by a Government Department or a local or public authority, inter alia, compensation under the Act of 1919, is to ...
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