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List of Vocabulary

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  • Temporary release from imprisonment on furnishing surety or security to appear for trial.
The court gave bail to the accused of a bailable offence.
  • One to whom goods are bailed.
Bailee should take care of goods bailed as a man of ordinary prudence.
  • Bailment is the delivery of goods by one person to another for some purpose, upon a contract that they shall, when the purpose is accomplished, be returned or otherwise disposed of according to the directions of the person delivering them.
In bailment delivery of goods can be actual or constructive.
  • One who delivers goods under bailment.
Bailor should disclose faults in goods bailed.
  • The relative merits of the parties' case and the computation of loss suffered by the parties.
For grant of temporary injunction the balance of convenience should lie in the favour of the plaintiff.
  • this is the name given to the intentional application of force to a person without lawful justification, and corresponds to the offence known as the use of criminal force in the Indian Penal Code
"The defendant was charged with battery for unlawfully using physical force against the plaintiff without consent."
  • The act of begging.
Under S. 9 of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Beggary Act, police officer may arrest any person who is found begging.
  • Enjoyment in one's own right and for one's own benefit and not as a trustee.
An easement is a right which the owner possesses, as such, for the beneficial enjoyment of that land.
  • In good faith
For an act to fall under Section 81 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 it should be a Bonafide act.
  • A formal written agreement by which a person undertakes to perform a certain act.
Court may accept a bond by a surety only in lieu of a minor.
  • Having a legal duty to do something.
A was not bound by law to pay the debt of B.
  • The act of failing to perform one's agreement, breaking one's word, or otherwise actively violating one's duty to other.
A contract made by a trustee in excess of his powers or in breach of trust cannot be specifically enforced.
  • A breach of contract occurs whenever a party to a contract fails to perform their promised obligations.
Court can award compensation for loss or damage caused by breach of contract.
  • The offer and acceptance of bribe.
A person who accepts or agrees to accept bribe also comes under the ambit of bribery.
  • A plan of how to spend an amount of money over a particular period of time.
Provisions of budget are discussed under Article 112 of The Constitution of India.