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specification

the applicant demands credit c : a written description of construction work to be done forming part of the contract usually

conversion

price and at a preset time equitable conversion : the constructive conversion of real property into personal property esp. as a … property into personal property esp. as a result of a contract for sale of land or testamentary instructions to sell real

mortgage

is not guaranteed by government agency equitable mortgage : a constructive or implied mortgage : a transaction (as a conveyance) that … Louisiana : a mortgage that is created by a written contract 2 : a mortgage that is not guaranteed by government

construction

construction : the act or result of construing, interpreting, or explaining … or explaining meaning or effect (as of a statute or contract) [the placed upon an agreement "J. D. Calamari and J.

practical construction

practical construction 1 : the interpretation of the terms of a contract

A vinculo matrimonii

the parties could contract another marriage. This maxim directs the construction to be put upon Acts of Parliament, against the express

Sole agent

expression of which the meaning is to be ascertained by construction of the contract, Snelgrove v. Ellringham Coll. Co., (1881) 45

noscitur a sociis

known by its associates] : a doctrine or rule of construction: the meaning of an unclear or ambiguous word (as in … an unclear or ambiguous word (as in a statute or contract) should be determined by considering the words with which it

Consequential damages

and insurance policies when its meaning is a matter of construction. When used in an exemption clause in a contract, consequential

Essence

the existence of any thing or matter. As to the construction of stipulations which according to the rules of equity are … of equity are not deemed of the essence of a contract, see (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 41, replacing

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