Bilateral - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: bilateralbilateral
bilateral : affecting, obligating, or shared by both parties [a agreement] bi·lat·er·al·ly [-rə-lē] adv ...
bilateral contract
bilateral contract see contract ...
Bilaterality
State of being bilateral...
Bilateral contract
Bilateral contract, a contract in which both the contracting parties are bound to fulfil obligations reciprocally towards each other; as a contract of sale, where one becomes bound to deliver the thing sold, and the other to pay the price of it, Civil Law....
contract
contract [Latin contractus from contrahere to draw together, enter into (a relationship or agreement), from com- with, together + trahere to draw] 1 : an agreement between two or more parties that creates in each party a duty to do or not do something and a right to performance of the other's duty or a remedy for the breach of the other's duty ;also : a document embodying such an agreement see also accept, bargain, breach, cause, consent, consideration, duty, meeting of the minds, obligation, offer, performance, promise, rescind, social contract, subcontract Uniform Commercial Code in the Important Laws section NOTE: Contracts must be made by parties with the necessary capacity (as age or mental soundness) and must have a lawful, not criminal, object. Except in Louisiana, a valid contract also requires consideration, mutuality of obligations, and a meeting of the minds. In Louisiana, a valid contract requires the consent of the parties and a cause for the contract in addition to c...
reciprocal
reciprocal 1 a : mutual b : bilateral [a contract] 2 : characterized by correspondence or equivalence esp. in return or response with another of the same category [was prevented from obtaining discovery of the names of the State's alibi rebuttal witnesses "Mauricio v. State, 652 N.E.2d 869 (1995)"] ;also : marked by such correspondence or equivalence between its own components [a arrangement] 3 : marked by reciprocity between states re·cip·ro·cal·ly adv ...
synallagmatic
synallagmatic [Greek synallagmatikos of a contract, from synallagmat- synallagama contract, covenant, from synallassein to enter into a contract, from syn- together with, at the same time as + allassein to change, exchange, barter, from allos other] in the civil law of Louisiana : bilateral ...
Bilateral
Having two sides arranged upon two sides affecting two sides or two parties...
biradial
showing both bilateral and radial symmetry...
Brachiolaria
A peculiar early larval stage of certain starfishes having a bilateral structure and swimming by means of bands of vibrating cilia...
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