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Home Dictionary Name: bargainBargain and sale
Bargain and sale, A contract for the sale of real or personal property of any kind operating under the Statute of Uses as a conveyance of the land, or at Common Law, from early times of goods sold without delivery, the vendor of land being held originally to possess or be seised of the property to the use of the purchaser. In the case of goods the Common Law rule was and is that the property may be transferred by the contract if the parties so intend [see Ogg v. Shuter, (1875) LR 10 CP at p.162; and (English) Sale of Goods Act, 1893, s. 20]. In the case of land a similar result was effected by the Statute of Uses (27 Hen. 8, c. 101), which attached the property to the use and turned it into a legal estate. No formalities were required for a bargain and sale of lands until 27 Hen. 8, c. 16, required that bargains and sales of any estate of inheritance must be by deed enrolled within six months in the records of one of the King's Courts at Westminster. The devise of a lease and release (...
bargain
bargain often attrib [Old French bargaigne negotiation, haggling, from bargaignier to haggle] 1 : an agreement between parties that settles what each gives or receives (as a promise or performance) in a transaction between them compare contract 2 a : something acquired by or as if by bargaining b : something whose value considerably exceeds its cost [a purchase] vi 1 a : to negotiate over the terms of an agreement (as a contract) b : to engage in collective bargaining [the employer must with the union] 2 : to agree to certain terms or conditions : come to terms [plaintiff ed with the store for a lower price] vt : to convey according to a bargain [does hereby grant, , sell, alien and confirm to the party of the second part, the following described property] often used with sell in deeds to indicate that the conveyor is receiving consideration in exchange for the property ...
bargainable
bargainable : subject to bargaining ;esp : legitimately subject to collective bargaining [a issue] ...
bargaining unit
bargaining unit : the group of employees for whom a labor union negotiates a collective bargaining agreement called also collective bargaining unit ...
benefit of the bargain
benefit of the bargain :the advantage that would be or have been gained under a contract if completed as agreed ;specif : the difference between the actual value of property and the value of property as it is represented in case of misrepresentation called also benefit of one's bargain loss of bargain compare out-of-pocket rule ...
collective bargaining
collective bargaining : negotiation between an employer and a labor union usually on wages, benefits, hours, and working conditions see also bargaining agent at agent, bargaining unit Labor Management Relations Act in the Important Laws section ...
plea bargaining
plea bargaining : the negotiation of an agreement between the prosecution and the defense whereby the defendant pleads guilty to a lesser offense or to one or some of multiple offenses usually in exchange for more lenient sentencing recommendations, a specific sentence, or dismissal of other charges plea-bargain vi plea bargain n ...
Bargain for votes
Bargain for votes, a bargain for the purposes of this s. does not mean that the candidate or his agent makes an offer and the voter accepts it in the sense that he promises to vote. It is enough if the candidate or his agent makes the gift or promise on that condition. If a candidate or his agent pays money to a voter saying that he wants him to vote it is a bargain for the purposes of this section. It is not necessary that the voter should say that he would vote and thereafter the candidate or his agent should pay the money, S. Iqbal Singh v. S. Gurdas Singh, AIR 1976 SC 27 (35): (1976) 3 SCC 284. [Representation of the People Act, 1951, s. 123(1)]...
collective bargaining agreement
collective bargaining agreement : an agreement between an employer and a labor union produced through collective bargaining : labor contract at contract ...
collective bargaining unit
collective bargaining unit : bargaining unit ...
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