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A agrees to sell to B one hundred tons of oil of a specified description, known as an article of…

Illustration (b) to section 29 states: "There is no uncertainty here to make the agreement void." Section 29 strikes down only agreements whose meaning is "not certain, or…

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A agrees to sell to B one hundred tons of oil of a specified description, known as an article of commerce. Is the agreement void for uncertainty under section 29 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872?

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Illustration (b) to section 29 states: "There is no uncertainty here to make the agreement void." Section 29 strikes down only agreements whose meaning is "not certain, or capable of being made certain", and a specified commercial description fixes what is to be delivered. Contrast illustration (a), where nothing showed what kind of oil was meant; the reasoning about a dealer in only one kind of oil belongs to illustration (c) and is not needed here.

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