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71Recording contract — A recording contract (commonly called a record deal) is a legal agreement between a record label and a recording artist (or group), where the artist makes a record (or series of records) for the label to sell and promote. Artists under contract… …
72unfair contract terms — certain provisions in contracts (and in some non contractual provisions) that are controlled by legislation because they are unfair (as defined). In UK law, provision is now made to regulate unfair contract (and other) terms by the Unfair… …
73social contract — 1. the voluntary agreement among individuals by which, according to any of various theories, as of Hobbes, Locke, or Rousseau, organized society is brought into being and invested with the right to secure mutual protection and welfare or to… …
74Assurance contract — An assurance contract, also known as a provision point mechanism, is a game theoretic mechanism and a financial technology that facilitates the voluntary creation of public goods and club goods in the face of the free rider problem. The free… …
75Adhesion Contract — A contract in which one party has substantially more power than the other in creating the contract. For a contract of adhesion to exist, the offeror must supply a customer with standard terms and conditions that are identical to those offered to… …
76forward contract — A contract entered into by two parties who agree to the future purchase or sale of a specified commodity. This differs from a futures contract in that the participants in a forward contract are contracting directly with each other, rather than… …
77discharge of contract — ˌdischarge of ˈcontract noun [uncountable] LAW when the duties that someone has under a contract are ended, for example because they have carried out those duties, because there has been an agreement to end the contract, or because someone has… …
78Formal contract — A formal contract is a contract where the parties have signed under seal, while an informal contract is one not under seal. According to Harvey Boller, J.D. Professor of Law at Loyola University, roughly 100 percent of contracts today are… …
79Yellow-dog contract — A yellow dog contract (or a yellow dog contract or a yellow dog clause [ [http://www.jargondatabase.com/Jargon.aspx?id=795 JargonDatabase.com definition] ] of a contract) is an agreement between an employer and an employee in which the employee… …
80gambling contract — wager wa ger (w[=a] j[ e]r), n. [OE. wager, wajour, OF. wagiere, or wageure, F. gageure. See {Wage}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge.… …
