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

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

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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