(law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc.)
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Gambling contract
a contract whose performance by one party is contingent on the outcome of a bet; unenforceable by statute in most jurisdictions
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a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law
Used in the same subject area: Contract law, Law, General law.(law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc.)
Used in the same subject area: Contract law, Law, General law.(law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the…
Used in the same subject area: Contract law, Law, General law.(law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties to the positions they would have had if the…
Used in the same subject area: Contract law, Law, General law.(law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence
Used in the same subject area: Contract law, Law, General law.contract governing the merger of two or more companies
Used in the same subject area: Contract law, Law, General law.a contract that heavily restricts one party while leaving the other free (as some standard form printed contracts); implies inequality…
Used in the same subject area: Contract law, Law, General law.a contract whose performance by one party depends on the occurrence of an uncertain contingent event (but if it is contingent on the o…
Used in the same subject area: Contract law, Law, General law.a contract between crew and captain of a ship
Used in the same subject area: Contract law, Law, General law.a contract involving mutual promises (each party is both promisor and promisee)
Used in the same subject area: Contract law, Law, General law.contract between labor and management governing wages and benefits and working conditions
Used in the same subject area: Contract law, Law, General law.a contract whose performance depends on a fact or event that affects legal relations
Used in the same subject area: Contract law, Law, General law.a contract that heavily restricts one party while leaving the other free (as some standard form printed contracts); implies inequality…
Used in the same subject area: Contract law, Law, General law.a sale of a tract of land as a whole without a warranty as to the acreage
Used in the same subject area: Contract law, Law, General law.a contract that is signed and has the (wax) seal of the signer attached
Used in the same subject area: Contract law, Law, General law.a contract in which the contractor is paid their total cost plus a stated percentage of profit
Used in the same subject area: Contract law, Law, General law.a contract governing the marketing of an item of merchandise
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a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contract, performance, party, contingent, outcome.A contract or convention between Spain and other powers for furnishing negro slaves for the Spanish dominions in America, esp. the con…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contract, performance, party, contingent, outcome.A statute or ordinance in general. Specifically: (1) A statute regulating the weight, measure, and proportions of ingredients and the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contract, performance, party, contingent, outcome.An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contract, performance, party, contingent, outcome.The act, process, or result of canceling; as, the cansellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contract, performance, party, contingent, outcome.The letting or hiring a vessel by special contract, or the contract or instrument whereby a vessel is hired or let; as, a ship is offe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contract, performance, party, contingent, outcome.a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contract, performance, party, contingent, outcome.the prevailing context that influences the performance or the outcome of a process; "there were wide variations in the conditions of o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contract, performance, party, contingent, outcome.To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself; to constrict; to cause to shrink.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contract, performance, party, contingent, outcome.A stop or pause by a party to an action, for the judgment of the court on the question, whether, assuming the truth of the matter alle…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contract, performance, party, contingent, outcome.A breaking off or interruption of an estate, which happened when an alienation was made by a tenant in tail, or other tenant, seized i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contract, performance, party, contingent, outcome.A set of limits for the performance capabilities of some type of machine, originally used to refer to aircraft. Now also used metaphor…
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