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  • 71contract price — Literally, the amount to be paid under a contract of sale, a contract to render services, or a construction contract. In a contract for the construction of a building, the words contract price were held to mean not the abstract price or amount… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 72contract, estoppel by — Estoppel by contract is intended to embrace all cases in which there is an actual or virtual undertaking to treat a fact as settled. It means party is bound by terms of own contract until set aside or annulled for fraud, accident, or mistake.… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 73contract under seal — For centuries before the doctrine of consideration was developed, and long before informal contracts were enforced, contracts under seal were enforced. The sealed instrument required no consideration. The required formalities are: a sufficient… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 74contract, estoppel by — Estoppel by contract is intended to embrace all cases in which there is an actual or virtual undertaking to treat a fact as settled. It means party is bound by terms of own contract until set aside or annulled for fraud, accident, or mistake.… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 75contract under seal — For centuries before the doctrine of consideration was developed, and long before informal contracts were enforced, contracts under seal were enforced. The sealed instrument required no consideration. The required formalities are: a sufficient… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 76under — I. adverb Etymology: Middle English, adverb & preposition, from Old English; akin to Old High German untar under, Latin inferus situated beneath, lower, infra below, Sanskrit adha Date: before 12th century 1. in or into a position below or… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 77Under Rug Swept — Infobox Album | Name = Under Rug Swept Type = Album Artist = Alanis Morissette Released = February 25, 2002 (UK) February 26, 2002 (U.S.) Recorded = Great Big Music, Dog House Studios, Westlake Battery, Royaltone Studios, Larrabee North Genre =… …

    Wikipedia

  • 78contract right — A defined term under the 1962 version of the UCC that means a right to payment under a contract that has not yet been earned by performance and is not evidenced by an instrument or chattel paper. Under the 1972 version of the UCC, these rights… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 79Contract for future sale — A contract for future sale is a sales contract under which a farmer agrees to deliver products of specified quality and quantity to a buyer for a specified price within a prescribed time frame. Contract sales are a growing practice, recently… …

    Wikipedia

  • 80Contract Theory — The study of how individuals and businesses construct and develop legal agreements. Contract theory analyzes how parties to a contract make decisions under uncertain conditions, and when there is asymmetric information. It draws upon principles… …

    Investment dictionary