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A agrees to pay B a sum of Rs. 5,000 if two straight lines should enclose a space. The agreement is:

Section 36 makes agreements contingent on an impossible event void, whether or not the parties knew the impossibility. Its illustration uses two straight lines enclosing a…

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A agrees to pay B a sum of Rs. 5,000 if two straight lines should enclose a space. The agreement is:

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Section 36 makes agreements contingent on an impossible event void, whether or not the parties knew the impossibility. Its illustration uses two straight lines enclosing a space. The amount does not alter that rule: an impossible condition cannot be made enforceable merely because one party later elects to insist on it.

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