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What is the distinction between an 'agreement' and a 'contract'?
An agreement is a wider term, whereas a contract is a specific type of agreement that is legally enforceable.
What are the essential elements of a contract?
The essential elements of a contract include offer, acceptance, intention to create legal relations, consideration, capacity, and legality of the object.
What is the concept of offer and acceptance in a contract?
The concept of offer involves a proposal made by one party, and acceptance is the assent to the terms of the offer by the other party.
What were the sources of contract law before the Indian Contract Act, 1872?
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What is the significance of communication and revocation in the context of contract law?
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What are the various types of contracts?
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What was the Arabic word for contract in the Mohammedan Law of Contract?
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According to Hindu law, who cannot enter into a valid contract?
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What was the age limit for entering into a contract according to Narada smriti?
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What were contracts like during the Maurya period?
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Under whose law was the English Law applied in the Presidency Towns of Madras, Bombay, and Calcutta?
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When did the Indian Contract Act come into force?
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What does the preamble to the Indian Contract Act state?
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What does the Indian Contract Act primarily deal with?
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What was the geographical extent of the Indian Contract Act?
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What was the contract considered as per the Mughal rule in India?
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What are the essential elements of a contract?
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What is the distinction between an 'agreement' and a 'contract'?
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What does the Indian Contract Act primarily deal with?
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What is the concept of offer and acceptance in a contract?
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What were the sources of contract law before the Indian Contract Act, 1872?
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What are the various types of contracts?
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What was the Arabic word for contract in the Mohammedan Law of Contract?
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Under whose law was the English Law applied in the Presidency Towns of Madras, Bombay, and Calcutta?
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What was the age limit for entering into a contract according to Narada smriti?
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What were contracts like during the Maurya period?
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What does the preamble to the Indian Contract Act state?
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What was the geographical extent of the Indian Contract Act?
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What does the Indian Contract Act primarily deal with?
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According to Hindu law, who cannot enter into a valid contract?
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What were the sources of contract law before the Indian Contract Act, 1872?
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What is the distinction between an 'agreement' and a 'contract'?
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