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Tail

right of reversion. This being the case, the statute declared that the will of the donor should be observed; and that an estate granted to a man and the heirs of his body should descend to the

Fraud

established fraud in commercial transaction be of assistance in determining fraud in Administrative Law. It has been aptly observed by Lord Bridge in Khawaji [Khawaja v. Secretary of state for Home Deptt., (1983) 1 All ER 765]

Negligence

Coggs v. Bernard. Negligence is absence of reasonable or prudent care which a reasonable person is expected to observe in a given set of circumstances. But the negligence for which a consumer can claim to be compensated

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Custom and usage

Custom and usage, signify any rule which, having been continuously and uniformly observed for a long time, has obtained the force of law among Hindus in any local area, tribe, community,

good faith

of the U.C.C. says “good faith in the case of a merchant means honesty in fact and the observance of reasonable commercial standards of fair dealing in the trade.” Similarly, Article 3 on negotiable instruments defines good

Corporation or body politic

Bowen, L.J. It is a general rule that a corporation must contract under its commonseal, but whenever the observance of this rule would occasion great inconvenience, or tend to defeat the very purpose of the business, it

Commemorate

To call to remembrance by a special act or observance to celebrate with honor and solemnity to honor as a person or event by some act of respect

experienced

Taught by practice or by repeated observations skillful or wise by means of trials use or observation as an experienced physician workman soldier an experienced

hologram

A photographic image giving the observer a seemingly three dimensional view of the represented object The three dimensional effect is produced by exposing a

instrumented

Having instruments attached for the purpose of measuring conditions while under observation said of a person under medical observation or a machine whose performance is being tested

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