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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 … cause of action in civil litigation public nuisance : something that unreasonably interferes with the health, safety, comfort, morals, or convenience of the community and that is treated as a criminal violation [declared that the landfill was
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) … 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 … or voluntary promises which are void for want of a reciprocal return however obligatory they may be in morals or in honour. A moral consideration founded upon mere affection or gratitude will not support a simple contract,
In the interest of general public
protected notwithstanding the hardship that might be caused to the employers, Municipal Corporation of the City of Ahmedabad v. Jan Mohammad Usmanbhai, AIR 1986 SC 1205 (1212): (1986) 3 SCC 20: (1986) 2 SCR 700. The phrase … expression 'in the interest of general public' is of wide import comprehending public order, public health, public security, morals, economic welfare of the community and the objects mentioned in Part IV of the Constitution. in respect of
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Civil Law
Civil Law, that rule of action which every particular nation, commonwealth, or city has established peculiarly for itself, more properly distinguished by the name of … and still influential in continental Europe. 2. The Body of law imposed by the state, as opposed to moral law. 3. The law of civil or private rights, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn. … is known by the name of Jus Civile Papirianum. Legislation under the kings must have been extremely simple; very few relics of it, however, have been preserved, and among them it is almost impossible to distinguish the
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