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Contract for the hire of goods

Contract for the hire of goods, means a contract, other than an excepted contract, under which one person bails or agrees to bail goods to another by way of hire. Supply of Goods and Service Act, 1982 (UK), Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 2, para 856, p. 868....

Void contract

Void contract, A contract which ceases to be enforce-able by law becomes void when it ceases to be enforceable. [Contract Act, 1872 (9 of 1872), s. 2(j)...

Simple contract

Simple contract, a contract made either verbally or in writing but not under seal. See Addison, Chitty, Leake, or Pollock on Contracts.Before 1870 simple contract debts were, in the administration of the estate of a deceased person, postponed to debts secured by instrument under seal, called 'specialty debts,' but all such priority was abolished by the Administration of Estates Act, 1869, s. 1, replaced by A.E. Act, 1925, s. 32. See also LIMITATION....

Contract under seal

Contract under seal, is sometimes called, a contract by speciality, is a contract which is made by deed, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 9, para 210, p. 86....

Contract labour

Contract labour, a workman shall be deemed to be employed as 'contract labour' in or in connection with the work of an establishment when he is hired in or in connection with such work by or through a contractor, with or without the knowledge of the principal employer. [Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 (37 of 1970), s. 2 (1) (b)]Means any person engaged or employed in any premises by or through a contractor, with or without the knowledge of the employer, in any manufacturing process. [The Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966 (32 of 1966), s. 2 (e)]...

Contract for sale

Contract for sale. A sale implies a consideration in money or money's worth in return for the thing sold and consequently consideration is an integral part of a contract for sale. The legal incidents of a contract for sale of goods have been embodied and codified in the Sale of Goods Act, 1893. See SALE....

Bilateral contract

Bilateral contract, a contract in which both the contracting parties are bound to fulfil obligations reciprocally towards each other; as a contract of sale, where one becomes bound to deliver the thing sold, and the other to pay the price of it, Civil Law....

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