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Desertion

of the other for four years is a ground of divorce. It must be shown that there was wilful non-adherence; that it has been persisted a for four years; that it was without reasonable cause: and that

Neglect

Neglect, means gross, wilful, intentional, culpable or flagrant disregard of duties, Baburao Vishwanath Mathpati v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1996 Bom 227.

Action

means administrative action taken by way of decision, recommendation or finding or in any other manner and includes wilful failure or omission to act and all other expressions [relating to] such action shall be construed accordingly. [Karnataka

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Breach of trust

general fiduciary obligations, the violation of a duty that equity imposes on a trustee, whether the violation was wilful, fraudulent, negligent, or inadvertent. A breach of trust subjects the trustee to removal and creates personal liability, Black

Cause of action

not the evidence except in certain cases where the pleading relied on any misrepresentation, fraud, breach of trust, wilful default or undue influence, Liverpool & London S.P. & I Assocn. v. M.V. Sea Success, (2004) 9 SCC

Caveat viator

land or person in possession has no right to lay a trap for him or commit any other wilful injury, see Bird v. Holbrook, (1828) 4 Bing 628, with that exception, the owner of the premises is

Contradiction in terms

Contradiction in terms, a phrase of which the parts are expressly inconsistent, as e.g., 'murder but not wilful,' 'a fee-simple for life.'

Conversion and detinue

Conversion and detinue, a conversion is an act of wilful interference, without lawful justification, with any chattel in a manner inconsistent with the right of another, whereby that

Breach

satisfy the Tribunal or the Court that such violation or infringement on the part of the insured was wilful, Sohan Lal Passi v. P. Sesh Reddy, (1996) 5 SCC 21: AIR 1996 SC 2627. [Motor Vehicles Act,

Forfeiture

Forfeiture, a penalty for an offence or unlawful act, or for some wilful omission of a tenant of property whereby he loses it, together with his title, which devolves upon others.

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