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preexisting duty rule
preexisting duty rule : a common-law rule of contracts: a party's offer of a performance already required under an existing contract is insufficient consideration for modification of
uberrimae fidei
the most abundant good faith] : of the utmost or perfect good faith [contracts of insurance are traditionally contracts uberrimae fidei]
Bargainor
One who makes a bargain or contracts with another esp one who sells or contracts to sell property to another
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Myodynamics
The department of physiology which deals with the principles of muscular contraction the exercise of muscular force or contraction
bailment
control of the property. Any of these elements may be actual or constructive. Bailments may be created by contracts, either express or implied, which require agreement, and the agreement may also be express or implied. Contracts for
Abbuttals, or Abuttals
be adjoining to, and the ends abutting on, the land contiguous, Blount's Law Dict. See BOUNDARIES. In building contracts, the meaning prima facie is 'in physical contact with.' See Hudson on Building Contracts 6th ed.
Actio personalis moritur cum persona.
injury done to his property in his lifetime. It has also been applied to actions arising out of contracts of a purely personal nature, e.g., promise to marry, Finley v. Chirney, (1880) 20 QBD 494, or to
Bigamy
than two years, with or without hard labour. That section, however, does not apply to any second marriage contracted elsewhere than in England and Ireland by any other than a subject of His Majesty or to any
Bought and Sold Notes
Bought and Sold Notes. It is no longer the custom for brokers who have succeeded in making a contract to make any entry in their books save for their own private information, and it is now almost
Carrier
by sea, or partly by land and partly by sea, see SHIPOWNER. See Macnamara on Carriers; Chitty on Contracts; CARRIAGE BY AIR. Means a person who is engaged in the business of transporting for hire goods by
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