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Under section 29 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, how is an agreement classified if its meaning is…

Section 29 makes an agreement void if its meaning is uncertain and cannot be made certain. The decisive issue is whether the terms can be made definite.

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Under section 29 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872, how is an agreement classified if its meaning is neither certain nor capable of being made certain?

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Section 29 makes an agreement void if its meaning is uncertain and cannot be made certain. The decisive issue is whether the terms can be made definite.

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Option A

Uncertainty within section 29 makes the agreement void and gives no option to affirm it.

Option B

An agreement is void under section 29 when its meaning cannot be made certain.

Option C

Signing does not supply a meaning that cannot otherwise be made certain.

Option D

Irremediable uncertainty does not establish an unlawful object under section 23.

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