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specification

with a claim of that aspect for which the applicant demands credit c : a written description of construction work to be done forming part of the contract usually used in pl.

retaining of property acquired esp. by fraud from another in circumstances that demand the judicial imposition of a constructive trust on behalf of those who in equity ought to receive it see also quasi contract 1 at

conversion

same company usually at a preset ratio or price and at a preset time equitable conversion : the constructive conversion of real property into personal property esp. as a result of a contract for sale of land

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mortgage

a written contract 2 : a mortgage that is not guaranteed by government agency equitable mortgage : a constructive or implied mortgage : a transaction (as a conveyance) that does not have the form of a mortgage

A vinculo matrimonii

souls), the issue (if any) were illegitimate, and the parties could contract another marriage. This maxim directs the construction to be put upon Acts of Parliament, against the express letter of which the Courts will not sanction

Working group

of goods and services on deferred payment terms or in execution of a turnkey project or a civil construction contract. [Foreign Exchange Management (Export of Goods and Services Regulations, 2000, Reg. 2 (x)]

Sole agent

Sole agent, an expression of which the meaning is to be ascertained by construction of the contract, Snelgrove v. Ellringham Coll. Co., (1881) 45 JP 408; and Lamb v. Goring Brick Co.,

Certifier

Certifier, in a construction contract will often be performing an administrative rather than a judicial function, and when doing so, there may,

noscitur a sociis

noscitur a sociis [Latin, it is known by its associates] : a doctrine or rule of construction: the meaning of an unclear or ambiguous word (as in a statute or contract) should be determined by

Consequential damages

factory. It is most frequently encountered in contracts and insurance policies when its meaning is a matter of construction. When used in an exemption clause in a contract, consequential refers to damage which is only recoverable, Hadley

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