Chapter: 5.2.5 Salient Features

Acquittal: Acquittal is order of court declaring an accused not guilty of the offence allege and charged against him.

Defamation: Defamation is the publication of a statement, expressly stated or implied to factual, that may harm the reputation of an individual.

Omission: Omission is failure to do something which any reasonable man with ordinary prudence would have done.                                                            .

Conveyance: This is the procedure by which any movable or immovable property is transferred from person to another. For e.g., Sale, Lease, Mortgage.

Intention: Intention is the first stage of criminal liability. It signifies that "unlawful object” to be attained by an accused while committing a crime. For e.g., while committing theft, the intention of accused is to deprive a person of a property, without his consent, which is in possession of other person.

Motive: In legal terms this is defined as "intention behind intention". For e.g., a person intends to kill somebody for revenge. "Revenge" is the motive.

Trespass: Trespass can be defined as an act of entering into somebody else's land or property without permission of the owner or person in possession. Trespass can be civil as well as criminal.

Nuisance: Nuisance is a tort which the right of enjoyment is being infringed. Nuisance is divided into public nuisance and private nuisance.

Ratification: Ratification is the act of giving sanction to an act, which has been done prior to She said sanction.

Will: Will is a document expressing the desires of the testator with regard to the disposition of property after his death.