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suretyship

suretyship : the contractual relationship in which a surety engages to answer for the debt or default of a principal to a third party

nonbinding

nonbinding : not binding [a referendum]

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obligation

obligation 1 : a promise, acknowledgment, or agreement (as a contract) that binds one to a specific performance (as payment) ;also : the binding power of such an agreement or indication

Earnest

Earnest [fr. eornest, Sax.], the sum paid by the buyer of goods in order to bind the seller to the terms of the agreement. It is enacted by the 4th s. of the Sale

1925, s. 170)] without the intervention of a trustee; (2) should be capable of contracting, so as to bind her separate property as if she were a feme sole: (3) should bind her separate property by her

Separate estate

agent, (a) shall be deemed to be a contract entered into by her with respect to and to bind her separate property whether she is or is not in fact possessed of or entitled to any separate

Void

force and effect, is without legal efficacy, incapable of being enforced by law, or has no legal or binding force, but frequently the word is used and construed as having the more liberal meaning of 'voidable', Pankaj

jurisdiction

m-] : the jurisdiction granted a court over persons before it that allows the court to issue a binding judgment : personal jurisdiction in this entry in rem jurisdiction [in-rem-] : the jurisdiction granted a court over