Implied Contract - Law Dictionary Search Results
assumpsit
assumpsit [Medieval Latin, he/she undertook] : an express or implied promise or contract or quasi contract the breach of which may be grounds for a suit ;also :
quantum meruit
quantum meruit [Latin, as much as he/she deserved] 1 : a claim or count grounded on an implied contract that the defendant would pay the plaintiff as much as deserved for services or materials provided ;specif :
Reasonable time
(4), 35, and 37) a question of fact. Where a contract is silent as to time the law implies a contract to do the stipulated act within a reasonable time under the circumstances, Ford v. Cotesworth, 1868
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Appropriation of goods
identifying goods specifically with the contract. The appropriation may be made by either party with the express or implied consent of the other absolutely or conditionally or revocably, delivery to the buyer or a bailee without any
anticipatory repudiation
anticipatory repudiation : a refusal by one party to a contract to perform his or her future obligations under the contract that is expressed either by a clear statement … that is expressed either by a clear statement of refusal or by a statement or action that clearly implies refusal
Possibility on a possibility
etc. Contract through Post.--A letter of acceptance posted, though not received, if the post has been expressly or impliedly (as it usually is) authorized as a means of communication, creates a binding contract bet-ween the party offering
Breach of warrantee
of contract, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn. (2005), p. 59. Means a breach of an express or implied warrantee relating to the title, quality, content, or condition of goods sold, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p.
ratify
;esp : to adopt or affirm (as the prior act or contract of an agent) by express or implied consent with the effect of original authorization [unable to rescind the contract because he ratified it by accepting
Trust
equity. (b) Implied trusts which arise under similar con-ditions, out of some special relationship between the parties by contract or otherwise. (c) Resulting trusts, when the whole or any part of the property or part or interest … beneficiary), Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1513. A trust is simply a confidence, reposed either ex-pressly or impliedly in a person (hence called the trustee), for the benefit of another (hence called the cestui que trust,
confirmation
body [senate of the Supreme Court nominee] 2 : something that confirms: as a : an express or implied contract by which a person makes a voidable agreement binding ;specif : a definite expression or written memorandum that
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