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Distinction between an illegal contract and a void contract

How the courts interpret contracts where illegality is alleged

The principle that a party who has benefited from an agreement cannot turn around to question its legality

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The principle that for a contract to be void it must arise out of an illegal act

When a transaction will be void and illegal

Whether a contract is void or illegal where a statute prohibits a certain class of contract by stipulating a penalty for the prohibition without expressly providing whether or not the contract is void

Whether a party who has benefitted from a contract can resile from his obligation under such contract under the pretext of illegality

Whether an agreement creating an unlawful monopoly will be declared void by the court

Whether illegal or void parts of a contract can be severed from the rest of the contract

Whether there is a distinction between an illegal contract and a void contract

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