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new consideration

new consideration see consideration

Retrospective law

impairs vested rights acquired under existing laws, or creates a new obligation, imposes a new duty, or attaches a new disability … or attaches a new disability in respect to transactions or considerations already past. Retroactive statute means a statute which creates a

Wager

Laurence, (1929) 2 KB 153. There may, however, be a new consideration, e.g., an agreement to hold the cheque back and not … back and not present it for a certain time; such new consideration will support an action. The deposit given to a stakeholder

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consideration

kind denoted by sense 1 cannot create an enforceable contract. new consideration : something according to section 6-106 of the Uniform Commercial

Infant

during infancy, whether there shall or shall not be any new consideration for such promise or ratification after full age. The (English)

Gift

money. A similar definition has been given in WEBSTER'S THIRD NEW INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY (Unabridged) where the author defines gift thus: Something … a mere voluntary assurance or transfer of property without any consideration being given for it. Such a transaction is apt to

New

New, the word 'new'. The Oxford English Dictionary lists the following, … the only meanings of the word, the contention might have considerable force. But the word 'new' is also stated in the

Rent

v. Ram Krishna, AIR 1995 MP 147; H.S. Rikhy v. New Delhi Municipality, AIR 1962 SC 554. Rent, includes all that … not be part of the land or the thing itself. Consideration paid, usu. periodically, for the use or occupancy of property

Propreitor of a new or original design

Propreitor of a new or original design, 'propreitor of a new or original design',-- … design',-- (i) where the author of the design, for good consideration, executes the work for some other person, means the person

Retrospective or retroactive law

impairs vested rights acquired under existing laws, or creates a new obligation, imposes a new duty, or attaches a new disability, … or attaches a new disability, in respect to transactions or considerations already past, Words and Phrases, Permanent Edn., Vol. 37A, pp.

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