Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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composition
n. 1. An agreement between a debtor and two or more creditors for the adjustment or discharge of an obligation for some lesser amount; an agreement among the debtor and two or more creditors that the debtor will pay the creditors less than their full claims in full satisfaction of their claims. ( The preexisting-duty rule is not a defense to this type of agreement because consideration arises from the agreement by each creditor with each other to take less than full payment. Through this agreement, the debtor is discharged in full for the debts of the participating creditors. - Also termed creditors' composition; attermoiement. 2. The compensation paid as part of such an agreement. 3. Hist. A payment of money or chattels as satisfaction for an injury. ( In Anglo-Saxon and other early societies, a composi1tion with the injured party was recognized as a way to deter acts of revenge by the injured party. - compose, vb.
composition deed
A deed reflecting the terms of an agreement between a debtor and a creditor to discharge or adjust a debt.
composition deed.
See DEED.
composition of matter
Patents. A patentable compound of material composed of two or more different substances; a product containing two or more substances, including all composite articles, whether resulting from chemical union or from mechanical mixture, and whether the substances are gases, fluids, powders, or solids."[A] composition of matter describes what most people imagine to be the goal of the typical laboratory inventor, since it is usually a new chemical invention, although it can be any composition of materials, not limited solely to chemicals." Arthur R. Miller & Michael H. Davis, Intellectual Property in a Nutshell 21 (2d ed. 1990).
creditors' composition
See COMPOSITION
dramatic composition
Copyright. A literary work setting forth a story, incident, or scene intended to be performed by actors, often with a musical accompaniment. - Cf. DRAMA (1).
literary composition
An original expression of mental effort in written words arranged in an intelligent and purposeful order. See LITERARY WORK.