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Wrongful gain

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Wrongful gain, wrongful loss

Matched in: Term Wrongful gain, wrongful loss

Gaining wrongfully

Gaining wrongfully, A person is said to gain wrongfully when such person retains wrongfully, as well as when such person

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Dishonestly

defined by s. 24 of Indian Penal Code. A person who does anything with the intention of causing wrongful gain to one person or wrongful loss to another person, Dr. S. Dutt v. State of Uttar Pradesh, AIR … A person is said to do a thing dishonestly when he does anything with the intention of causing wrongful gain to one person or wrongful loss to another person. In the case of illegal seizures and impounding of

Wrong

Wrong, the privation of right, an injury, a designed or known detriment. See TORT, and Addison or Clerk and … or breach of duty, Re London Celluloid Co., (1888) 39 Ch D 206, per Bowen, LJ. An estate gained by wrong is always a fee simple. A squatter may, of course, be ejected before the Statute of

Theft and larceny

Theft and larceny, a temporary retention of property by the person wrongfully gaining or a temporary 'keeping out' of property from the person legally entitled thereto, may amount to 'theft' … Theft and larceny, a temporary retention of property by the person wrongfully gaining or a temporary 'keeping out' of property from the person legally entitled thereto, may amount to 'theft' under

Dishonest intention

of the property to which the person so gaining is not legally entitled or to cause loss, by wrongful means, of property to which the person so losing is legally entitled, K.N. Mehra v. State of Rajasthan, … can be said to have 'dishonest intention' if in taking the property it is his intention to cause gain, by unlawful means, of the property to which the person so gaining is not legally entitled or to

Quasi-fee

Quasi-fee, an estate gained by wrong; for wrong is unlimited and uncontained within rules. … Quasi-fee, an estate gained by wrong; for wrong is unlimited and uncontained within rules.

Corruption

limited sense it connotes allowing decisions and actions of a person to be influenced not by rights or wrongs of a cause, but by the prospects of monetary gains or other selfish considerations, State of A.P. v. … person to be influenced not by rights or wrongs of a cause, but by the prospects of monetary gains or other selfish considerations, State of A.P. v. Vasudeva Rao, (2004) 9 SCC 319 (323): AIR 2004 SC

Doctrine of pari delicto

both parties have voluntarily and by their free will joined hands to flout the law for their mutual gain, Mohd. Salimuddin v. Misri Lal, (1986) 2 SCC 378: AIR 1986 SC 1019: (1986) 1 SCR 622.

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