Specific Relief Act 1877

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The Specific Relief Act 1877 was a British Indian statute that systematically set out legal remedies for the enforcement of civil rights, particularly through specific performance and injunctions, rather than monetary compensation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of the Legislature
British Indian statute
civil law statute
aimsTo enforce individual civil rights
provide specific remedies where damages are inadequate
appliedBy civil courts in British India
appliedTo courts in British India
basedOn English law of specific performance
principles of equity
country British India
distinguishes rights from remedies
distinguishesFrom monetary compensation
doesNotPrimarilyProvide damages
enactedBy Imperial Legislative Council of India
surface form: Imperial Legislative Council
focusesOn cancellation of instruments
declaratory decrees
injunctions
rectification of instruments
rescission of contracts
specific performance of contracts
historicalPeriod British colonial period
surface form: British colonial period in India
influenced Specific Relief Act 1877 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Specific Relief Act 1963
inForceIn British India
jurisdiction British India
languageOfStatute English
legalDomain civil procedure
remedial law
legalRemedyType cancellation
declaratory relief
injunction
rectification
rescission
specific performance
legalSystem common law
primaryPurpose to provide remedies for the enforcement of civil rights
to provide specific relief rather than compensatory relief
regulates cancellation of instruments
grant of declaratory decrees
grant of injunctions
grant of specific performance
rectification of written instruments
rescission of contracts
repealedBy Specific Relief Act 1877 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Specific Relief Act 1963
shortTitle Specific Relief Act 1877 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Specific Relief Act, 1877
subjectMatter civil rights
contract law
equitable remedies

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British Indian law codifiedIn Specific Relief Act 1877
Specific Relief Act 1877 shortTitle Specific Relief Act 1877 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Specific Relief Act, 1877
Specific Relief Act 1877 influenced Specific Relief Act 1877 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Specific Relief Act 1963
Specific Relief Act 1877 repealedBy Specific Relief Act 1877 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Specific Relief Act 1963