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fiduciary relationship
fiduciary relationship : a relationship in which one party places special trust, confidence, and reliance in and is influenced by another who has a fiduciary duty to act for … may be imposed by law where established by the conduct of the parties. Typical fiduciary relationships exist between agents and principals, attorneys and clients, executors or administrators and legatees or heirs, trustees and beneficiaries, corporate directors or
Specific performance
the (English) Mercantile Law Amendment Act, 1856, introduced a procedure for enforcing the specific delivery of goods sold, specially superseded by s. 52 of the (English) Sale of Goods Act, 1893. An award of damages may be … specifically executed, are these:- (a) The contract must be entered into by competent parties, or their lawfully authorized agents. The general rule is, that all parties who can bind themselves at law are competent to enter into
Factor
in his own name, and is entrusted with the possession and disposal of the goods, and has a special property in, and a lien on, them; yet neither can delegate his authority, unless conferred by usages of … Factor [fr. facteur, Fr.], a substitute in mercantile affairs; an agent employed to sell goods or merchandise consigned or delivered to him by or for his principal, for a
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duty
in a particular way [ of good faith] [a to warn of danger] see also public duty doctrine, special duty doctrine duty of can·dor [-kan-dər] : a duty obligating directors of a corporation to disclose all material … of the shareholders (as by self-dealing or fraud) fiduciary duty : a duty obligating a fiduciary (as an agent or trustee) to act with loyalty and honesty and in a manner consistent with the best interests of
Manager
Companies Act, 1929, s. 86, and Part VI. Of that Act relating to receivers and managers. As to special manager.[See (English) Bankruptcy Act, 1914, s. 10; (English) Companies Act, 1929, s. 209] Manager means a person who, … Under this Act s. 2(24) defines the expression 'manager' thus: 'manager' means an individual (not being the managing agent - who, subject to the superinten-dence, control and direction of the Board of Directors, has the management of
Directors
board of directors. Their powers, if the company be incorporated by Act of Parliament, are derived from its special Acts and ss. 90-100 of the (English) Companies Clauses Act, 1845; if the company be incorporated under the … of another company [Re Bulawayo Market Co., (1907) 2 Ch 458]. Directors are not trustees, but paid confidential agents, with very extensive powers, selected to manage the affairs of the company; they are, however, trustees of any
Marriage
witnesses. It may be noted that a clergyman cannot marry himself, Beamish v. Beamish, (1859-61) 9 HLC 274. Special licenses are granted by the Archbishop of Canterbury on special grounds, as a matter of discretion or to … age of 16, the marriage is void. Each party must go through the ceremony, consenting as a free agent without fraud or duress, see Scott v. Sebright, (1886) 12 PD 20. They must be unmarried. If a
Administrative law
Administrative law, is a separate body of rules relating to administrative authorities and officials, applied in special administrative court. Dicey's Law of the Constitution, 1st Edn. 1885. Dicey's Law of Constitution, 10th Edn., p. 330. … of opinions containing findings of fact, and orders; and (3) the legal principles governing the acts of public agents when those acts conflict with private rights, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 46. Administrative law deals with
Guaranty, or Guarantee
c. 3), s. 4, enacts that 'No action shall be brought whereby to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriages of another person, unless the agreement upon which such … himself remain liable, Birkmyr v. Darnell, (1705) Salk 27; 1 Sm LC. The contract of a del credere agent is not within the statute; see Harbury Indiarubber Co. v. Martin, (1902) 1 KB 778. A contract of
Compensation
and 'principles' as defined by this Court in Bela Banerjee's case, (1954) SCR 558; P. Vajravelu Mudaliar v. Special Deputy Collector, AIR 1965 SC 1017: (1965) 1 SCR 614. Means anything given to make things equal in … Means the return which is given for something else, recompense, remuneration as for services rendered by an officer, agent, attorney etc., remuneration for loss of time expenditure for permanent disability; amends for privation of a thing, an
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