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Either party

Either party, the words 'either party' in s. 37(2) would also cover the legal heirs who have stepped into the shoes of the spouses under the law and such persons would also be competent to ask for variation, modification or rescission of the order for maintenance, Aruno Basu Mullick v. Dorothea Mitra, (1983) 3 SCC 522: AIR 1983 SC 916 (920). [Special Marriage Act, 1954, s. 37(2)]...


Charter-party

Charter-party [fr. Charta partita, Lat., a divided charter; charte partie, Fr.]. When notaries were less common there was only one instrument made for both parties; this they cut in two, and give each his portion; an agreement in writing by which a ship owners agrees to let an entire ship, or part thereof, to a merchant, for the carriage of goods on a specified voyage, or during a specified period, for a sum of money which the merchant agrees to pay as freight for their carriage. By such an agreement the ship is said to be chartered to the merchant, who is called the charter. There are certain terms usually to be found in all charter-parties, e.g., a statement of the burthen of the ship, an undertaking by the ship-owner that the ship, being seaworthy and furnished with necessaries, shall be ready by a certain day to receive the cargo, shall sail when loaded, and deliver her cargo at her port of destination (the act of God or the King's enemies excepted), the charterer undertaking to lo...


Any party bound by the award

Any party bound by the award, the expression 'any party bound by the award' refers to all workmen bound by the award, notice to terminate the said award can be given not by a individual workman but by a group of workmen acting collectively either through their union or otherwise, and it is not necessary that such a group or the union through which it acts should represent the majority of workmen bound by the award, Associated Cement Companies v. Workmen, AIR 1960 SC 777 (781). [Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, s. 19(6)]...


third party origination

third party origination a process by which a lender uses another party to completely or partially originate, process, underwrite, close, fund, or package the mortgages it plans to deliver to the secondary mortgage market. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...


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real party in interest

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proper party

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party aggrieved

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