| Charles Greenstreet Addison - Contracts - 1888 - 864 pages
...the proposal is called the "promisor," the person accepting the proposal is called the "promisee." Every promise, and every set of promises forming the consideration for each other, is an agreement. An agreement enforceable by law is a contract Poll. Contr. 6. Chitty says : In the language of our... | |
| India - Contracts - 1894 - 688 pages
...instruments, Act XXVI of 1881, sections 43, 44, 45, and 118 i </), and Evidence Act, section 114.] (e.) — Every promise and every set of promises, forming the consideration for each other, is an 1 Agreement.' agreement : (/.) — Promises which form the consideration or part pro- °* tne consideration... | |
| Sir John George Woodroffe - Injunctions - 1900 - 586 pages
...enacted therein,) to give any right to relief in respect of any agreement which is not a contract.1 Every promise and every set of promises forming the consideration for each other is an agreement? And all agreements are contracts if they are made by the free consent8 of parties competent to contract,*... | |
| Carl A. Reuterskiöld - Comparative law - 1900 - 294 pages
...accepted, becomes a promise». Promise är alltså antingen anbud eller agreement, jfr Ind. C. A sec. 2. e: »Every promise, and every set of promises, forming...the consideration for each other, is an agreement»; samt POLLOCK, Contracts s. 7 och i Eneycl. of Engl. Lcm-s art. Contract [2] : »What is called a promise... | |
| Great Britain. Privy Council - 1908 - 996 pages
...within the provisions of the latter Act. Then, to tarn to the Contract Act, section 2 provides " (e) Every promise and every set of promises, forming the consideration for each other, is an 'agreement." " (g) An agreement not enforceable by law is said to be void." " (h) An agreement enforceable by law... | |
| Fīrōzshāh Nasarvānjī Daruvālā - Consideration (Law) - 1914 - 700 pages
...act. The AngloIndian Law assumes throughout that mutual promises are Consideration ; every promise or every set of promises forming the Consideration for each other is an agreement. Promises which form the Consideration or part of the Consideration for each other are called 'Anson... | |
| William Mack, William Benjamin Hale - Law - 1917 - 1308 pages
...doing, something, such act or abstinence or promise is called a consideration for the promise, (e) Every promise, and every set of promises forming the consideration for each other, is an agreement.'" Williams v. Rogan, 59 Tex. 438, 440. 8. Quevedo v. Pino, 15 Porto Rico 669; Montilla v. Van Syckel.... | |
| William Macpherson, Herbert Cowell, Arthur Maynard Talbot - Law reports, digests, etc - 1923 - 370 pages
...(a) agreements and (b) contracts. The distinction between them is apparent from s. 2 ; by clause (e) every promise and every set of promises forming the consideration for each other is an agreement, and by clause (h) an agreement enforceable by law is a contract. Sect. 65, therefore, deals with (a)... | |
| Law - 1903 - 1186 pages
...within the provisions of the latter Act. Then, to turn to the Contract Act, section 2 provides " (e) Every promise and every set of promises, forming the consideration for each other, is an agreement." " (;/) An agreement not enforceable by law is said to be void." " (ft) An agreement enforceable by... | |
| Eugene Cotran, Chibli Mallat - Religion - 1996 - 612 pages
...the Qanun-e-Shahadat (see below). Section 2(e) of the Contract Act defines "agreement" as follows: "every promise and every set of promises, forming...the consideration for each other, is an agreement". The acceptance of a proposal may bring into existence a promise but to have an agreement it is essential... | |
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