Define the term 'proposal'. Explain with illustration the rule regarding valid proposal . The whole process of entering into a contract starts with a proposal or an offer made by one party to another. To enter into an agreement such a proposal must be accepted . Agreement is one of the essential element of valid contract. An agreement is made with the help of offer and acceptance so offer is the first and foremost requirement of agreement . The term offer has been taken from English law it has been define by various persons among them few and important are :- According to Halsburry, "An offer is an expression by one or a group of person made to another his willingness to be bound to a contract the term & conditions. However, the firm 'offer' has not been define anywhere in Indian law there is another word 'proposal' which is synonym to offer. Both the word have some meaning. According to the Indian Contract Act 1872,...
Pledge is a special type of bailment where a movable thing is bailed as security for the repayment of debt or for the performance of a promise, so every contract by which the position of goods is transferred as security for repayment of a death is known as pledge. The term pledge has been defined in section 172 of Indian Contract Act 1872 as follows " Bailment of goods as security for payment of a depth or performance of a promise is called pledge. In this case the bailor is called pledger or pawnor and the bailee is known as pledgee for pownee and the relation between the two is pledge or Pawn. For example:- 1) 'A' took loan from the bank against the security of good . In this case 'A' is the pledger ,the bank is pledgee and gold is pledged to good. 2) Mohan pledged his goods with Ram. But now Mohan refuses to make the payment of the same . Ram now can either sell his goods or can initiate a suit proceeding against Mohan. from the above definition fo...