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Wrongful gain, wrongful loss

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Dishonestly

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 1966 SC 523: (1966) 1 SCR … 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 cattle, the person seizing the cattle

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damage

entry direct damages : damages for a loss that is an immediate, natural, and foreseeable result of the wrongful act compare special damages in this entry ex·em·pla·ry damages [ig-zem-plə-rē-] : punitive damages in this entry ex·pec·ta·tion damages

Wrongful gain

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Damage

property, Samuels v. Stubbs, (1972) 4 SASR 200. Means loss or harm, physical or economic, resulting from a wrongful act or default and generally leading to the award of a measure of compensa-tion. It includes the death

Measure of damage

given. The general rule in English law is that in contract the measure of damage is the actual loss to the plaintiff, and in tort the compensation to the plaintiff for the loss or damage which it

Indemnity

Indemnity, a contract, express or implied, to keep a person harmless from loss which that person may incur by reason of some act, omission or event. It differs from a guarantee

Injury

violation of the person character feelings rights property or interests of an individual that which injures or occasions wrong loss damage or detriment harm hurt loss mischief wrong evil as his health was impaired by a severe

wrongful pregnancy

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