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Bonded labour system
consideration of the interest, if any, due on such advance, or (ii) in pursuance of any customary or social obligation, or (iii) in pursuance of an obligation devolving on him by succession, or (iv) for any economic … partly forced, labour under which a debtor enters, or has, or is presumed to have, entered, into an agreement with the creditor to the effect than,- (i) in consideration of an advance obtained by him or by
Re-development areas
houses, of which at least one-third are overcrowded or unfit for human habitation, and that the industrial and social conditions of the district are such that the area should be used for working-class houses and that the … et seq. of the (English) Housing Act, 1936, a local authority may acquire an area of land by agreement or compulsorily for houses for the working classes if after an inspection for the purposes of detecting overcrowding
Company
and economic scene. This doctrine glorified the concept of a free economic society in which State intervention in social and economic matters was kept at the lowest possible level. But gradually this doctrine was eroded by the … member having knowledge of the reduction below the minimum becomes severally liable for the whole of the debts contracted during the period of reduction. In the case of private companies the minimum number is two. [(English) Companies
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Pension
ex gratia payment but it is a payment for the past service rendered; and (iii) it is a social welfare measure rendering socio-economic justice to those who in the hey-day of their life ceaselessly toiled for the … of his past services is 'pension' within the meaning of clause 2 of Article VIII of the Merger Agreement, State of Gujarat v. Dr. R.B. Chandrachud, AIR 1971 SC 846 (853): (1969) 1 SCC 300: (1969) 2
Use and occupation, Action for
Use and occupation, Action for, an action for dam-ages upon the case for breach of an implied agreement to pay for the use of a landlord's property under the Distress for Rent Act, 1737 (11 Geo.
Separation
21 QBD 424; Sweet v. Sweet, (1895) 1 QB 12. The Court will decree specific performance of an agreement to execute a deed of immediate separation if based upon sufficient consideration, Gibbs v. Harding, (1870) LR 5
debt
: something owed: as a : a specific sum of money or a performance due another esp. by agreement (as a loan agreement) [to pay the s…of the United States "U.S. Constitution art. I"] [a for alimony]
League of Nations (Societe des Nations)
at the conclusion of the War of 1914-1919 (First World War), with a membership of 58 States. The Covenant, consisting of 26 Articles at the beginning of each of the Peace Treaties, is its charter, pledging these
trust
remainder passes to charity charitable trust : a trust created for the purpose of performing charity or providing social benefits NOTE: Unlike most trusts, a charitable trust does not require definite beneficiaries and may exist in perpetuity. … compare passive trust in this entry alimony trust : a trust created often in accordance with a separation agreement in which property is transferred to the trust as a source of support for a divorced spouse with
Law
law becomes 'positive' (see Austin's Jurisprudence). Short of positive law the principle may be called a moral or social law. Generally speaking, jurisprudence is concerned only with positive law, and law in its ordinary legal sense means … All the rules of conduct established and enforced by the authority. Webster American Dictionary, p. 808. Is an agreement between a native ruler and a company executing the company taxes and action, is not law, Bengal N.C.
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