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A agrees to sell B a hundred tons of oil. Nothing in the agreement or the circumstances identifies the…

Section 29 makes an agreement void if its meaning is uncertain and cannot be made certain. In illustration (a), an agreement to sell a hundred tons of oil is void because…

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A agrees to sell B a hundred tons of oil. Nothing in the agreement or the circumstances identifies the kind of oil or makes it ascertainable. Under Section 29 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, what is the status of the agreement?

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Section 29 makes an agreement void if its meaning is uncertain and cannot be made certain. In illustration (a), an agreement to sell a hundred tons of oil is void because nothing indicates the kind of oil. Illustration (c) shows how context can make an otherwise general description sufficiently certain.

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Option A

Correct. The kind of oil is uncertain and cannot be made certain on the stated facts.

Option B

Incorrect. The difficulty is uncertainty about the subject matter rather than an unlawful object.

Option C

Incorrect. Acceptance does not identify the subject matter or make it ascertainable.

Option D

Incorrect. Section 29 makes the agreement void for uncertainty.

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