"Adultery is referred to as extramarital sex, philandery, or infidelity. In Indian Penal Code it is deined in such a way that only when a married woman engages into sexual infidelity with a man who is not her husband, adultary is committed. Even more…"
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Blogging on CLAThacker - a primer
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Many of you are interested in blogging. There are two ways in which you can go about using this network for blogging.1. Integrate your existing blog with this network: Just go to your own page, and…Continue
Legal vocabulary and technical terms - lets ace it!
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I have decided to post one term here every day! I will write a term, and then give some info about it. You can add your knowledge too, on the day's word.I will discuss the most important words first.…Continue
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I have decided to post one term here every day! I will write a term, and then give some info about it. You can add your knowledge too, on the day's word.I will discuss the most important words first. So keep any eye here and dont miss out!Today's term: Securitizationvery important, much of the global financial debacle has been blamed on complexity of securitization.It is basically pooling together of some assets, and then dividing the pool in shares. Each share will have both benefits and risks…See More
Alien replied to Alien's discussion Legal vocabulary and technical terms - lets ace it!"conveyance:
A written instrument which evidences a transaction in which any interest in a piece of land is created, alienated, mortgaged, assigned or otherwise dealt with to transfer some interest in that property."
Alien replied to Alien's discussion Legal vocabulary and technical terms - lets ace it!"force majeure:
forces outside the control of human beings. same as act of god. if there's a natural calamity or unforeseeable circumstance taht paties could not foresee or raesonably guard against, then it is force majeure."
Ramanuj Mukherjee replied to Alien's discussion Legal vocabulary and technical terms - lets ace it!"legal terms are fairly important...cover as much as possible. however, legal erms are different from maxims, which are mostly latin. thats important but not as much as terms generally. last year almost the entire legal gk section as base on various…"
prashant singh replied to Alien's discussion Legal vocabulary and technical terms - lets ace it!"this is a tremandeous effort in favour of all clat aspirants i hope tht you will discuss more terms
1 que i want to ask though tht upto how much extent these legal terms are asked in legal aptitude/awareness
and besides these what other things we…"
Alien replied to Alien's discussion Legal vocabulary and technical terms - lets ace it!"voidable marriage:
if a marriage is invalid due to illegalities but remains in effect until a court pronounces it to be nullified on application of on of the spouses it is called a voidable marriage.
void marriage on the other hand is a marriage…"
Alien replied to Alien's discussion Legal vocabulary and technical terms - lets ace it!"humanitarian law: a branch of international law. It defines the conduct and responsibilities of countries and individuals engaged in warfare, in relation to each other and especially with respect to civilians, those providing humanitarian aids etc."
Alien replied to Alien's discussion Legal vocabulary and technical terms - lets ace it!"immigration: The act of passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent or temporary residence. in fact, at the time of going into another country, a person is required to go through a legal process of immigration in which the suitable…"
Alien replied to Alien's discussion Legal vocabulary and technical terms - lets ace it!"mitigation:
it is sometimes required of a person who sues another for loss that he takes resonable measures to minimise these losses. for example, If A has a contract with B to sell eggs, and B refuses to take delivery thereby breaching the…"
Alien replied to raj singh's discussion international organisation"very nice effort...but this should ideally be posted in the blog section i think."
Alien replied to Alien's discussion Legal vocabulary and technical terms - lets ace it!"conflict of laws: private international law - when there could be laws of several countries applicable to a particular civil matter, the branch of law that deals with such cases is called conflict of laws.
normally, the country of closest…"
Alien replied to Nikhil P Joseph's discussion Want help?"if u have done all that and ur concepts are clkear, u should focus on two things now.
1. mock tests and test taking abilities: a lot of people dont get through despite knowing their stuff because of things like time management, anxiety etc. work on…"
Alien replied to Alien's discussion Legal vocabulary and technical terms - lets ace it!"warranty: a promise given by seller with respect to quality of goods. Normally it involves curing of the goods if any fault contrary to the warranty is found, and replacement if cure/repair is impossible.
guarantee is of course different from a…"
Alien replied to Alien's discussion Legal vocabulary and technical terms - lets ace it!"yes u r right! abetment it is.
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perfect and imperfect rights: from clat 2009 paper
Posted on January 20, 2010 at 2:01am 0 Comments 0 Likes
question no 123 in last years paper talks about perfect and imperfect rights, and one has to essentially identify whether time barred debt is imperfect or perfect right. I shall quote a English judgment which may help you in understanding:
"A perfect right is one which corresponds to a perfect duty; and a perfect duty is one which is not merely recognised by the law, but enforced. A duty is enforceable when an action or other legal proceeding, civil or criminal, will lie for the… Continue
"A perfect right is one which corresponds to a perfect duty; and a perfect duty is one which is not merely recognised by the law, but enforced. A duty is enforceable when an action or other legal proceeding, civil or criminal, will lie for the… Continue
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