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Trust
view because trustees are liable to make good any loss on unauthorised investments in the absence of any relief provided by the Act'see ss. 4, 8, 61 (power of Court to relieve a trustee from liability for … inflicting a hardship on persons peculiarly entitled to protection, the voluntary agreement will in such a case be specifically executed, and see (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 172 (3). The rule is to carry into
Consideration
on the one side, or mental incompetency on the other, and, inequity, inadequacy maybe a reason for refusing specific performance, Pegler v. White, 33 Beav 403. (b) Forbearance for a time to institute a suit upon a … any consideration will not affect its validity either in law or equity (except for some kinds of equitable relief, see infra), because the execution of a deed is attended by formalities from which a deliberate intention to … Consideration. Any act of the promisee (the person claiming the benefit of an obligation) from
injury
well-being, property, reputation, or rights of another) for which the law allows an action for legal or equitable relief 2 : hurt, damage, or loss sustained … injury pl: -ries [Latin injuria, from injurus injurious, from in- not + jur- jus right] 1 : an act that wrongs or harms another ;specif : a violation of a legally protected interest (as the physical or
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joinder
joinder of a party to a suit required by the court when the party is indispensable to complete relief for parties already involved or when the party claims an interest that may substantially affect the other parties … joinder [Anglo-French, from joinder to join, from Old French joindre, from Latin jungere] : the act or an instance of joining: as a : a joining of parties as coplaintiffs or codefendants in a
party
indispensable.” innocent party : a party having no fault in or responsibility for the situation for which judicial relief is sought : a party who comes into court with clean hands necessary party : a party whose … party] b : one (as an individual, firm, or corporation) that constitutes the plaintiff or defendant in an action ;also : one so involved in the prosecution or defense of a judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding as to
Equity
the litigants, Equity insists upon the conscientious obligations of the suitors; and by adjudicating in personam, may compel specific performance (see that title) of a contract where law would only give damages for the breach of it, … order to meet novel exigencies. While it aims to assist the defects of the Common Law, by extending relief to those rights of property which the strict law does not recognize, and by giving more ample and … conve-nience assigned to the Chancery Division of the High Court for adjudication)Jud. Act, 1925, s. 36), though in general it may be said that this
jurisdiction
to issue a binding judgment against the person see also sequestration ; compare personal jurisdiction in this entry specific jurisdiction : personal jurisdiction granted a court over a party that allows it to adjudicate only a cause … the jurisdiction granted by a judicially created doctrine to an administrative agency to decide certain controversies initially before relief is sought in the courts compare exhaustion of remedies quasi in rem jurisdiction : the jurisdiction of a … jurisdiction [Latin jurisdictio, from juris, genitive of jus law + dictio act of saying, from dicere to say] 1 : the power, right, or
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