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  2. Uniform Civil Code of Uttarakhand Act, 2024 - Wikipedia

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    Status: In force. The Uniform Civil Code of Uttarakhand Act, 2024 is legislation to establish a common set of personal laws governing matters such as marriage, divorce, adoption, inheritance, and maintenance for all citizens of Uttarakhand, regardless of their religion, gender, caste, or sex. [1][2][3] Uttarakhand is the first state in India to ...

  3. Uniform Civil Code - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. The Uniform Civil Code is a proposal in India to formulate and implement personal laws of citizens which apply on all citizens equally regardless of their religion. Currently, personal laws of various communities are governed by their religious scriptures. [1] Personal laws cover marriage, divorce, inheritance, adoption and maintenance.

  4. Uniform Commercial Code - Wikipedia

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    The official 2007 edition of the UCC. The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), first published in 1952, is one of a number of uniform acts that have been established as law with the goal of harmonizing the laws of sales and other commercial transactions across the United States through UCC adoption by all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Territories of the United States.

  5. Negotiable instrument - Wikipedia

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    A negotiable instrument is a document guaranteeing the payment of a specific amount of money, either on demand, or at a set time, whose payer is usually named on the document. More specifically, it is a document contemplated by or consisting of a contract, which promises the payment of money without condition, which may be paid either on demand ...

  6. Secured transactions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The availability of such remedies encourages lenders to lend capital at lower interest rates, which in turn facilitates the free flow of credit and stimulates economic growth. Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), as adopted by all fifty states, generally governs secured transactions where security interests are taken in personal ...

  7. Uniform Commercial Code adoption - Wikipedia

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    The following table identifies which articles in the UCC each U.S. jurisdiction has currently adopted. However, it does not make any distinctions for the various official revisions to the UCC, the selection of official alternative language offered in the UCC, or unofficial changes made to the UCC by some jurisdictions.

  8. Offer and acceptance - Wikipedia

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    Contract law. Offer and acceptance are generally recognized as essential requirements for the formation of a contract (together with other requirements such as consideration and legal capacity). Analysis of their operation is a traditional approach in contract law. This classical approach to contract formation has been modified by developments ...

  9. Perfect tender rule - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, the perfect tender rule refers to the legal right for a buyer of goods to insist upon "perfect tender" by the seller. [1] The rule appears in the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) § 2-601. [2] The UCC was designed to "designed to simplify, clarify, modernize, and make uniform the law of commercial transactions."