Category: Contract Formation

  • Assignment

    Definition of Assignment In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Assignment : 1. The transfer of a *chose in action by one person (the assignor) to another (the assignee). By the rules of the common law, this was not permissible. If, for example, A was owed a […]

  • Assignment

    Definition of Assignment In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Assignment : 1. The transfer of a *chose in action by one person (the assignor) to another (the assignee). By the rules of the common law, this was not permissible. If, for example, A was owed a […]

  • Termination of Contract

    Buyer’s Right to Termination of Contract Note: see the Vienna Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods 1980. Statutes Sale of Goods Act 1979 as amended in 1994 and 1995. Judicial Decisions Afovos Shipping Co. v. Pagnan [1983] 1 W.L.R. 195. Agricultores […]

  • Quasi-contract

    Quasi-Contract and Medieval Law Quasi-Contract and Legal History Resources See Also Imprisonment (in this legal Encyclopedia) Imprisonment (in this legal Encyclopedia) Pleas of the Crown (in this legal Encyclopedia) Bibliographies of English Law History Maxwell, William H. A Legal […]

  • Quasi-contract

    Quasi-Contract and Medieval Law Quasi-Contract and Legal History Resources See Also Imprisonment (in this legal Encyclopedia) Imprisonment (in this legal Encyclopedia) Pleas of the Crown (in this legal Encyclopedia) Bibliographies of English Law History Maxwell, William H. A Legal […]

  • Damages in Contracts

    Most Popular Entries related to Damages in Contracts Remedies for Breach of Contract (in the United Kingdom) Remedies in Tort (in the United Kingdom) Remedies in Equity (in the United Kingdom) Remedies in Contracts (in the United Kingdom) Remedies in Administrative Law (in the United […]

  • Remedies for Breach of Contract

    Most Popular Entries related to Remedies for Breach of Contract Damages (in the United Kingdom) Damages for Breach of Contract (in the United Kingdom) Damages in Tort (in the United Kingdom) Damages in Equity (in the United Kingdom) Damages in Contracts (in the United Kingdom) Damages in […]

  • Contractual Liability

    Exclusion And Restriction of Contractual Liability Contractual liability in the Context of Mortgages The terms of a contract to which you must abide. There may be financial or even criminal penalties which you incur if if you do not meet your contractual liabilities. Similar Terms Contractual […]

  • Contract for Deed

    Contract for deed in the Context of Mortgages A contract in which the seller agrees to defer all or part of the purchase price for a specified period of time. Similar Terms Breach of contract Breach of contract The failure to perform provisions of a contract without a legal excuse. Contract […]

  • Contractual Lien

    Contractual lien in the Context of Mortgages A voluntary obligation such as a mortgage or trust deed. Similar Terms Contractual liability Contractual liability The terms of a contract to which you must abide. There may be financial or even criminal penalties which you incur if if you do not […]

  • Contract

    Definition of Contract In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Contract : A legally binding agreement. Agreement arises as a result of *offer and *acceptance, but a number of other requirements must be satisfied for an agreement to be legally binding. (1) […]

  • Indemnity

    Indemnity in Contract Formation It is often advisable to include this term in any contract. In Pinsent Mason’s words:Indemnity clauses are an express obligation to compensate the indemnified party by making a money payment for some defined loss or damage. They provide for an immediate right to […]

  • Breach of Contract

    Definition of Breach of Contract In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Breach of Contract : An actual failure by a party to a contract to perform his obligations under that contract or an indication of his intention not to do so. An indication that a […]

  • Contracts

    Conclusion of missives in the Context of Mortgages Scottish term for exchanging contracts.

  • Standardised Contracts

    Here are the latest version of standard wording and guidance to be used by public sector bodies and their advisors when drafting PFI contracts. Standardisation of PFI Contracts (SoPC) Version 4 (March 2007) This version of standard wording and guidance is to be used by public sector […]