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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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How to interpret or parse this confusing 'NOT' and 'AND' legal clause
In the following legal clause:
They shall not confer the right to attend any meeting of members and
to exercise one vote for every share held.
Does the NOT negates both ANDs as in:
They shall ...
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What does "severability" mean in the following context?
Parties A and B signed a contract governed by New York law. There were three "conditions precedent" for the contract to take place.None of these conditions precedent had been fulfilled on ...
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Accept vs Agree
In a contract, is there a difference between "accepting the terms and conditions" versus "agreeing to the terms and conditions"?
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How long can my girlfriend stay over at my place despite not being on the lease?
I have recently signed a new lease and moved into my new place. The place I have moved in is a unit in an apartment complex. The manager of the complex told me I cannot have guests for more than 14 ...
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What does "in the course of" mean?
I'm trying to decipher the Proprietary Rights section of a contract I've been asked to sign. Does "in the course of providing services" mean "during the same time as providing services" or "for the ...
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Is there a difference between "illegal activity" and "criminal activity"?
What is the difference in meaning and use of the phrases "illegal activity" and "criminal activity"? Is one broader than the other?
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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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including vs. including but not limited to
I'm reading over a lease agreement and in one page a passage reads, "...including, but not limited to, [list]" while on a later page another passage reads, "...including [list]."
Normally I would ...
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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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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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How did 'consideration' semantically shift to mean 'something given in payment'?
What semantic notion connects the bolded meaning beneath with all the others that aren't related to recompense? To me, nouns like remittance or solatium (if we prefer an uncommon term) fit the bolded ...
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Is the phrasing in a lease important? e.g. "not allowed" vs "must not" vs "shall not"
I asked the question about legalese and it seems the important part is that the parties' intents are communicated clearly. I've noticed in property leases there are quite a few different styles of ...
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Is there a difference: "two-sided" vs "bilateral"?
Is there any real difference between "two-sided contracts" and "bilateral contracts"? (And also between "one-sided contracts" and "unilateral contracts"?)
After scouring the web, it seems that in ...
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What does "exclusion of the defence of continuation of the offence" mean?
Could you please explain what this clause (from an employment contract) might mean:
For every case of culpable violation of the obligation of
confidentiality stipulated in section xx, the ...
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