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Rescission
Rescission, annulment or destruction. A general term for the repudiation and annulment of any contract or transaction: see (English) Sale of Goods Act, 1893. A contract for the sale of real estate very commonly contains a...
Pawn or Pledge
Pawn or Pledge [fr. pignus, Lat.], a bailment of goods by a debtor to his creditor, to be kept till the debt is discharged. A mortgage of goods is in the Common Law distinguishable from a...
beneficiary
beneficiary pl: -ries : a person or entity (as a charity or estate) that receives a benefit from something: as a : the person or entity named or otherwise entitled to receive the principal or income...
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frustration
frustration 1 a : the act of frustrating b : the state or an instance of being frustrated c : something that frustrates 2 : a common-law doctrine of contract law: parties to a contract may...
Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923
Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923 (English) (13 & 14 Geo. 5, cc. 9 and 25). By a series of statutes commencing with the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1875, statutory compensation has been provided for an outgoing agricultural tenant...
Indemnity
an indemnity or reduces it proportionately; thus a landlord releasing a claim against his tenant for breach of covenant to repair may have to account for the cost of the repairs upon a claim under a policy
Quiet enjoyment
Quiet enjoyment. A qualified covenant for quiet enjoyment is usually inserted in leases and excludes the implied covenant, which is far more extensive.
Separate estate
Separate estate. The Common Law did not allow a married woman to posses any property independently of her husband, but when property was settled to her separate use and benefit, equity treated her, in respect to...
Wager
Wager, a contract by A. to pay money to B. on the happening of a given event, in consideration of B. paying money to him on the event not happening; and see the elaborate definition of...
Wages
Wages, if the remuneration is to be paid daily or weekly, it can be called wages. But when it is monthly remuneration payable on the last day of the month or after that date, and when...
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