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Hire purchase agreement and contract for sale

Hire purchase agreement and contract for sale, a contract of hire-purchase is properly speaking a contract of hire by which the hirer is granted an option to buy but is not, as under a contract of...

Contract of service and contract for service

Contract of service and contract for service, a 'contract for service' implies a contract whereby one party undertakes to render services e.g. professional or technical services, to or for another in the performance of which he...

freedom of contract

freedom of contract :a power or right to contract and freely determine the provisions of contracts without arbitrary or unreasonable legal restrictions esp. as guaranteed under the contract clause of Article I, Section 10 of the...

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Building contract

Building contract, 'A building contract means a contract for the building of anything--not necessarily a house, but any other physical construction', Carlisle R.D.C. v. Carlisle Corporation, (1909) 1 KB 471 (483). Building contract, is a contract...

Contract of agency and contract of sale

Contract of agency and contract of sale, a contract of agency, differs essentially from a contract of sale inasmuch as an agent after taking delivery of the property does not sell it as his own property...

Contract of service

Contract of service, and contract for services. A contract for services implies a contract whereby one party undertakes to render services. A contract of service implies relationship of master and servant and involves an obligation to...

Illegal contract

Illegal contract, an agreement to do any act forbidden either (1) by the Common Law, such as agreements to commit a crime or tort, or as for rent of lodging let for prostitution, Jennings v. Brown,...

Legislative contract

Legislative contract, there is no magic in the expression 'legislative contract'. A contract is a contract between two or more parties and is either executory or executed. If a statute adopts or confirms it, becomes law...

Quasi-contract

Quasi-contract, an act which has not the strict form of a contract, but yet has the effect of it; an implied contract. Means that a man in certain cases is bound as if he had made...

Wagering contract

Wagering contract, to constitute a wagering contract there must be proof that the contract was entered into upon terms that the performance of the contract should not be demanded, but only the difference in prices should...

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