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Pecuniary causes
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Negligence
e.g., Grant v. Australian Knitting Mills Ltd., 79 SJ 815. Action by Representatives of Deceased Persons.--An action for pecuniary loss arising from negligence causing death passes to the representative or next of kin of the deceased, by … act or default, vis major, or the act of God, or under statutory sanction positively enjoining the act causing damage; even in this last-mentioned case the defendant would still be under a special duty to take precautions,
Monomachy
It was anciently allowed by law, for the trial or proof of crimes. It was even permitted in pecuniary causes, but it is now forbidden both by the civil and canon laws
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Defraud
is, deprivation of property, whether movable or immovable, or of money, and it will include any harm whatever caused to any person in body, mind, reputation or such others. In short, it is non-economic or non-pecuniary loss,
Benefice
for the discharge of the duties of the benefice by reason of physical or mental infirmity or incapacity, pecuniary embarrassment of a serious character, grave mis-conduct or neglect of duty in an ecclesiastical office, evil life, having … serious character, grave mis-conduct or neglect of duty in an ecclesiastical office, evil life, having by his conduct caused grave scandal concerning his moral character since his ordination, or having, with reference to the presentation, been knowingly
Damage
amendment, Hi Sheet Industrial v. Litelon Limited (FB), AIR 2007 Mad 78. As defined by McGregor are the pecuniary compensation, obtainable by success in an action, for a wrong which is either a tort or a breach … not. See DAMNUM ABSQUE INJURIA. The expression 'damage' is not necessarily confined to physical damage. Ordinarily damage is caused by physical contact of the ship, such as in collision. But damage can also be caused to property
Damages
compensatory damages, consequential damages, contingent damages, continuing damages, double damages, excessive damages, exemplary damages, general damages, irreparable damages, pecuniary damages, prospective damages, special damages, speculative damages, substantial damages, unliquidated damages. But the essentials are (a) detriment to … breach of contract, the compensation being in the form of a lump sum which is awarded uncon-ditionally', Common Cause v. Union of India, AIR 1999 SC 2979 (3016): (1999) 6 SCC 667.
Abatement
shall be equally paid, unless he expresses in his will a contrary intention. When there are specific and pecuniary legacies, and the assets are not sufficient to pay both, the specific have the preference, and only abate … slow progress of the ordinary forms of justice. (3) Plea in Abatement.-A defence by which a defendant showed cause to the Court why he should not be sued, or, if sued, not in the form adopted by
declaration
: a statement made by someone unavailable as a witness that is against that person's own interests (as pecuniary or property interests) or may subject that person to liability compare admission, confession, self-incrimination NOTE: A declaration against … or she is about to die and has no hope of recovery and that concerns the circumstances or cause of the presumed death compare excited utterance, res gestae NOTE: Dying declarations are an exception to the hearsay
Mortgage
loan, an existing or further debt. Or the performance of an engagement which may give rise to a pecuniary liability. The transferor is called a mortgagor, the principal money an interest of which payment is secured for … 12, and 1933, s. 9; and for permitted increase of interest, s. 4 of the 1920 Act. All causes for redemption or foreclosure of mortgages are assigned to the Chancery Division of the High Court: (English) Jud.
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