Tag: Contracts

  • Liquidated Damages

    Liquidated Damages in Contract Law According to Questions & Answers Law of Contract: Law Revision and Study Guide (Law Questions & Answers, Oxford University Press), by Adrian Chandler and Ian Brown, Liquidated Damages may have the following meaning: see damage – n. Loss or harm. Not all forms […]

  • Certificates

    Definition of Charge Certificate In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Charge Certificate : A certificate issued by the Land Registry to a legal mortgagee of registered land as evidence of his title. It will only be issued if the *land certificate is […]

  • Contract of Employment

    Definition of Contract of Employment In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Contract of Employment : (contract of service) A contract by which a person agrees to undertake certain duties under the direction and control of the employer in return for a […]

  • Contract of Employment

    Definition of Contract of Employment In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Contract of Employment : (contract of service) A contract by which a person agrees to undertake certain duties under the direction and control of the employer in return for a […]

  • Contract of Service

    Resources See Also See contract of employment.

  • Mitigation

    Mitigation in Contract Law According to Questions & Answers Law of Contract: Law Revision and Study Guide (Law Questions & Answers, Oxford University Press), by Adrian Chandler and Ian Brown, Mitigation may have the following meaning: name.1. Reduction in the severity of some penalty. Before […]

  • Mitigation

    Mitigation in Contract Law According to Questions & Answers Law of Contract: Law Revision and Study Guide (Law Questions & Answers, Oxford University Press), by Adrian Chandler and Ian Brown, Mitigation may have the following meaning: name.1. Reduction in the severity of some penalty. Before […]

  • Contract of Exchange

    Definition of Contract of Exchange In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Contract of Exchange : (commutative contract) A barter contract in which property is transferred from one party to the other in return for other property. No money passes from one party […]

  • Frustration of Contract

    Frustration of Contract in Contract Law According to Questions & Answers Law of Contract: Law Revision and Study Guide (Law Questions & Answers, Oxford University Press), by Adrian Chandler and Ian Brown, Frustration of Contract may have the following meaning: The unforeseen termination of a […]

  • Contract of Sale

    Resources See Also See sale; sale of goods.

  • Quantum Meruit

    Quantum Meruit in Contract Law According to Questions & Answers Law of Contract: Law Revision and Study Guide (Law Questions & Answers, Oxford University Press), by Adrian Chandler and Ian Brown, Quantum Meruit may have the following meaning: see quasi-contract – n. A field of law covering […]

  • Innominate Terms

    Innominate Terms in Contract Law According to Questions & Answers Law of Contract: Law Revision and Study Guide (Law Questions & Answers, Oxford University Press), by Adrian Chandler and Ian Brown, Innominate Terms may have the following meaning: (intermediate terms) Terms of a contract that […]

  • Rescission

    Rescission in Contract Law According to Questions & Answers Law of Contract: Law Revision and Study Guide (Law Questions & Answers, Oxford University Press), by Adrian Chandler and Ian Brown, Rescission may have the following meaning: name. The setting aside of a voidable contract, which is […]

  • Consideration

    Definition of Consideration In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Consideration : An act, forbearance, or promise by one party to a contract that constitutes the price for which he buys the promise of the other. Consideration is essential to the validity of […]

  • Promissory Estoppel

    Promissory Estoppel in Contract Law According to Questions & Answers Law of Contract: Law Revision and Study Guide (Law Questions & Answers, Oxford University Press), by Adrian Chandler and Ian Brown, Promissory Estoppel may have the following meaning: see estoppel n. [from Norman French […]