Privy Council Judgments on Appeals from India, 1825-1910, Volume 8 |
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The trial and also the punishment of all offences and crimes of which British subjects may be accused within the dominions of His Highness the Sultan , also the hearing and settlement of all civil questions , claims , or disputes in ...
The trial and also the punishment of all offences and crimes of which British subjects may be accused within the dominions of His Highness the Sultan , also the hearing and settlement of all civil questions , claims , or disputes in ...
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Page 378 - Explanation. — A fraud or misrepresentation which did not cause the consent to a contract of the party on whom such fraud was practised, or to whom such misrepresentation was made, does not render a contract voidable.
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Page 321 - ... evidence of any oral agreement or statement shall be admitted, as between the parties to any such instrument or their...
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Page 185 - Such a phrase as irregularity is not appropriate to the illegality of trying an accused person for many different offences at the same time and those offences being spread over a longer period than by law could have been joined together in one indictment.
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| Title | Privy Council Judgments on Appeals from India, 1825-1910, Volume 8 Privy Council Judgments on Appeals from India, 1825-1910, Great Britain. Privy Council |
| Author | Great Britain. Privy Council |
| Published | 1908 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 5 Dec 2007 |
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