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What is the meaning of consensual principle for the basis of making law of contract?
What is the meaning of the consensual principle for the basis of making the law of contract?
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What's it called when a law is created that just confirms a lesser known law that already exists?
Consider this scenario. In California hotel tenants are arguing that its against the law to kick them out after 28 days. This was always true but hotels ignored the law. Now that tenants made it an ...
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What counts as consideration in contract law?
What counts as consideration in contract law? Does consideration from party A have to be to the benefit of the party B?
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Is it considered a breach of confidentiality if data is uploaded to a website which only makes that data available to the uploader?
I'm a developer working at a company that handles sensitive banking information and recently, I've had troubles organising my code and thus posted it in a private repository on Github, which only I ...
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Why did the contract writer use both provision and term?
This is a provision in CONTRACT FOR THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL
SALE OF GOODS
Effects of avoidance in general
12.1 Avoidance of this contract releases both parties from their obligation to
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This is a provision in CONTRACT FOR THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL
SALE OF GOODS
Effects of avoidance in general
12.1 Avoidance of this contract releases both parties from their obligation to
effect ...
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"Be to verb" in contract
This is a provision in CONTRACT FOR THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL
SALE OF GOODS
Effects of avoidance in general
12.1 Avoidance of this contract releases both parties from their obligation to effect ...
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In a contract what is the clearest way to state which country's currency is being used? Why is there so much variation to these terms?
I noticed in written contracts there are various ways to state which currency is to be used for money. What is the difference between 'legal tender' and 'lawful money'? Is it more clear just to say '...
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What is meant by the term "Foreign sovereign"?
What is meant by the term "Foreign sovereign"?
It relates to the contract act.
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If I dispute a debt, and the creditor agrees to waive it, do I implicitly acknowledge the debt by accepting the waiver?
A debt collection agency engaged a law firm to send me a letter of demand. The debt is 5 years old and I am not aware of it until I received the demand letter. From my perspective, I don't owe the ...
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What is meant by "right, title and interest"?
In contracts what exactly is meant by the words (both collectively and individually) "right, title and interest"?
Example from Docracy
Assignor exclusively owns all right, title, and interest in ...
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Is there a commonly agreed on definition of "third party" or does a contractual agreement have to define the term?
Does a contract have to define "third party" or does it have a standard meaning of "any entity not a party to this agreement"?
If third party is not explicitly defined in an ...
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Is it legal to renew my secondment job contract without my consent?
I'm an employee of a company called X, And I works for a company called Y by a Secondment contract(Company X is in my country, Y is an overseas company.I'm getting paid through company X, by the money ...
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Does "agree to negotiate" mean it has to happen?
We are in the process of purchasing some land, and one of the requirements of the contract is
The buyers, BUYERS_NAME, agree to negotiate a trade of land with the neighbors, NEIGHBORS_NAME, if ...
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Mandate vs Law Distinction
I have general concerns about government overreach and encroachments upon liberties.
On several occasions during the last two years I've heard people mention that a mandate is not a law.
I'd like to ...
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