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interest

of contingent remainders set forth in the rule in Shelley's case. expectation interest : the interest of a party to a breached contract in receiving the benefit of the bargain by being put in a position as

performance

that a contract be in writing by treating partial performance and the acceptance of it by the other party as evidence of an enforceable contract compare partial breach at breach spe·cif·ic performance 1 : the complete or

predecessor in interest

predecessor in interest : a party with whom another is in privity ;specif : a party in a previously related civil case who was

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promise

a contract of an intention to act or refrain from acting in a specified way that gives the party to whom it is made a right to expect its fulfillment aleatory promise : a promise (as to

stipulation pour autrui

the third-party beneficiary a cause of action against the promisor for specific performance. In order for a third party to be a third-party beneficiary of a stipulation pour autrui there usually has to be a legal or

Misrepresentation

to his prejudice or to the prejudice of any one claiming under him; (3) causing, however innocently, a party to an agreement, to make a mistake as to the substance of the thing which is the subject

Arbitration

time for making award, etc., are prima facie included in every submission, and by s. 4 if any party to a submission [including an agreement to refer disputes to a foreign tribunal, Kirchner v. Gruban, (1909) 1

Bail

for his appearance on a day and at a place certain, which security is called bail, because the party arrested or imprisoned is delivered into the hands of those who bind themselves or become bail for his

Chief whip

Chief whip, in the Indian Parliament the chief whip of the Government party in Lok Sabha is the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs; he directly responsible to the leader of the House

Collision of ships

The Woodrop-Sims, (1815) 2 Dodson, 85:-'In the first place, it may happen without blame being imputable to either party: as where the loss is occasioned by a storm or any other vis major, in that case the

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