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Acceptilatio

acceptance of something merely nominal in satisfaction of a verbal contract. In order to enter into acceptilatio the formal sentence was used in Civil Law: 'quod ego tibi promisi, habesue acceptum? habeo.'-Sand Just. See STIPULATION.

Association, Articles of

Association, Articles of, (see Companies Act, 1929, ss. 6, 11 and 380). This is the formal contract of the members of a company with each other and with the company embodying its regulations for the

letter

or principle of law letter of intent : a letter in which the intention to enter into a formal agreement (as a contract) or to take some specified action is stated letter ro·ga·to·ry [-rō-gə-tȯr-ē] [probably partial translation

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Covenant

To agree with to enter into a formal agreement to bind ones self by contract to make a stipulation

Account

Account, means a formal statement of transactions between two parties including debtor-creditor relation and arising out of contract or some fiduciary relations,

discharge

instrument (as a contract or a negotiable instrument) ;also : to render (an instrument) no longer enforceable [a formal instrument…may be discharged by either cancellation or surrender "J. D. Calamari and J. M. Perillo"] b : to

submit

: to put forward as an opinion or contention vi 1 : to yield oneself [parties to a contract may agree in advance to to the jurisdiction of a given court "National Equipment Rental, Ltd. v. Szukhent, … or argument [the trial court could properly both counts to the jury "Rorie Sherman"] b : to deliver formally 3 : to put forward as an opinion or contention vi 1 : to yield oneself [parties to

substantial compliance

essential requirements of something (as a statute or contract) that satisfies its purpose or objective even though its formal requirements are not complied with

Illegal contract

Matched in: Term Illegal contract

Building contract

Matched in: Term Building contract

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