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Under Section 14, consent is free when it is not caused by which of these?Read the answer and worked solution →Coercion includes committing or threatening an act forbidden by which Code?Read the answer and worked solution →Which act is also coercion when done to cause a person to enter an agreement?Read the answer and worked solution →A threatens to shoot B unless B releases a debt. B releases it. Is the release valid?Read the answer and worked solution →In undue influence, who must prove the contract was not so induced?Read the answer and worked solution →Which relationship gives real or apparent authority for undue influence?Read the answer and worked solution →Which fiduciary relationship can raise a presumption of undue influence?Read the answer and worked solution →A dominates a person whose mental capacity is affected by illness. What may apply?Read the answer and worked solution →What mental element must a party have for fraud?Read the answer and worked solution →As a general rule, is mere silence fraud?Read the answer and worked solution →When can silence amount to fraud?Read the answer and worked solution →Misrepresentation causes a mistake as to the substance of the thing. How is it caused?Read the answer and worked solution →Can a party claim relief for a mistake made through ignorance of law?Read the answer and worked solution →A mistake by both parties must relate to what, to void the agreement?Read the answer and worked solution →What does the doctrine of privity of contract provide?Read the answer and worked solution →At common law, can a third party sue on a contract made for their benefit?Read the answer and worked solution →In Donoghue v. Stevenson, on what basis did the consumer recover damages?Read the answer and worked solution →Under English law, what is the rule on past consideration?Read the answer and worked solution →Under English law, is moral consideration sufficient for a simple contract?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the chief difference between English and Indian consideration rules?Read the answer and worked solution →In Pao On v Lau Yiu Long, what must be true of the past act?Read the answer and worked solution →Which term refers to a nominal sum treated as sufficient consideration?Read the answer and worked solution →Without consideration, in common law, what follows for the contract?Read the answer and worked solution →A reward for finishing a job early is a clause of what type?Read the answer and worked solution →Undue influence is a process in which whose free will is supplanted?Read the answer and worked solution →Who is typically the perpetrator of undue influence?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Under Section 14, consent is free when it is not caused by which of these?

  1. Coercion
  2. Advice
  3. Negotiation
  4. Delay
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Correct answer: A. Coercion

Section 14 lists coercion, undue influence, fraud, misrepresentation and mistake as the factors that make consent not free.

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Coercion includes committing or threatening an act forbidden by which Code?

  1. Companies Act 2013
  2. Contract Act 1872
  3. Indian Penal Code
  4. Civil Procedure Code
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Correct answer: C. Indian Penal Code

The definition of coercion refers to acts forbidden by the Indian Penal Code, committed or threatened to induce an agreement.

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Which act is also coercion when done to cause a person to enter an agreement?

  1. Offering a big discount
  2. Making a polite request
  3. Giving friendly advice
  4. Unlawfully detaining property
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Correct answer: D. Unlawfully detaining property

Unlawfully detaining, or threatening to detain, any property to the prejudice of a person is coercion.

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