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Satisfaction, legal compensation; the recompense for an injury done, or the payment of money due and owing. See ACCORD.The giving of something with the intention, express or implied, that it is to extinguish some existing legal or moral obligation, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1343.The doctrine of satisfaction of legacies, portions, and debts means the gift of a thing with the intention, either expressed or implied, that it is to be taken either wholly or partly in extinguishment of some prior claim or demand. Of course, it is open to a donor expressly to provide that his subsequent gift shall be a satisfaction of a prior demand, so as to prevent such donee from claiming both. With regard to implied or presumable satisfactions, they have been divided in to the three following classes:-(1) The satisfaction of legacies by portions, otherwise called the ademption of legacies. Upon this subject Lord Eldon laid down in Ex parte Pye, (1811) 18 Ves. 140; 2 W. & T.L.C., that 'where a p...
Satisfaction of Governor
Satisfaction of Governor, wherever Constitution requires the satisfaction of Governor for exercise of any power or function, the satisfaction required by Constitution is not the personal satisfaction of Governor but the satisfaction in the Constitutional sense under the cabinet system of Government, implying that Governor exercises all his powers and functions by or under the Constitution on the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers, PU Myllai Hlychho v. State of Mizoram, (2005) 2 SCC 12....
satisfaction
satisfaction 1 a : the act or fact of satisfying b : execution of an accord by performance of the substituted obligation often used in the phrase accord and satisfaction compare accord, transaction c : a document indicating that an obligation has been satisfied [a of mortgage] 2 : the quality or state of being satisfied ...
Satisfaction on the Roll, Entry of
Satisfaction on the Roll, Entry of. As soon as a judgment is satisfied, by payment, levy, or otherwise, the defendant is entitled to have satisfaction entered upon the roll, 1 Chit. Arch. Prac., 12th Edn. 721 et seq, and see QUIETUS...
satisfaction piece
satisfaction piece : a formal written acknowledgment by an obligee (as a mortgagee) that an obligation has been satisfied and that the obligor is discharged ...
Ademption by satisfaction
Ademption by satisfaction, means an ademption that occurs because the testator, while alive, has already given property to the beneficiary with the intention of rendering the testamentary gift inoperative, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 40....
Proved to the satisfaction of the court
Proved to the satisfaction of the court, are com-prehensive enough and indeed seem to have been intended to empower the court to go into the merits of the allegations set by the party denying or disagreeing with the terms of compromise or agreement, and decide them so that the parties get full justice in the suit in which a decree in terms of the compromise is to be passed. Where the court finds during the course of the inquiry that the alleged agreement or compromise is vitiated by fraud, misrepresentation, etc., it cannot be said legally that an agreement has been arrived at. The agreement contemplated envisages the two parties coming to certain terms voluntarily and of a free will so as to put an end to the litigation pending between them in the court, C.K. Chandrahas Shetty v. Jayaram Sasani, AIR 1970 Mys 209....
Subjective satisfaction
Subjective satisfaction, means that 'satisfying oneself', Yakub Ismail Chhipa v. District Magistrate, Bharuch, 1996 Cr LR Guj 4....
Accord
Accord. An amicable arrangement between parties especially between people or nation; compact or treaty, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn. Accord and Satisfaction [fr. accorder, Fr., to agree], an agreement between two persons, one of whom has a right of action against the other, that the latter should do or give and the former accept something in satisfaction of the right of action. When the agreement is executed, and satisfaction has been made, it is called accord and satisfaction. Accord and satisfaction bars the right of action; accord without satisfaction, or satisfaction without accord, does not.* In the case of an ascertained debt, the acceptance of a smaller sum is no satisfaction, e.g., payment of Rs. 50. is no answer to an action for a debt of Rs. 100; though if anything other than money, e.g., a negotiable instrument for a smaller amount or a peppercorn, had been accepted in satisfaction, the action would have been barred, see Couldery v. Bartrum, (1881) 19 Ch D 399; Cumber v....
Reason to believe
Reason to believe, does not mean a purely subjective satisfaction. The belief must be held in good faith; it cannot be merely a pretence, S. Narayanappa v. CIT, Bangalore, AIR 1967 SC 523: (1967) 65 ITR 219: 1967 1 SCJ 161.Reason to believe, does not mean a purely subjective satisfaction. The believe must be held in good faith. It cannot be merely a pretence, S. Narayanappa v. C.I.T., Bangalore, 1967 ITR 219: AIR 1967 SC 523.Reason to believe, is not synonymous with subjective satisfaction of the officer. The belief must be held in good faith; it cannot merely be a pretence, Partap Singh v. Director of Enforcement, AIR 1985 SC 989: (1985) 3 SCC 72.Means that reasons should exist but the court will not go into the adequacy of such reason, Manchand & Co. v. CIT, West Bengal, AIR 1969 Cal 431.Means coming to the conclusion on the basis of the information that a thing, condition, statement or fact exists. It only means facts which prima facie will convince any reasonable person under the c...
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