commercial suretyship

  • 11MISHPAT IVRI — This article is arranged according to the following outline: definition and terminology RELIGIOUS HALAKHAH AND LEGAL HALAKHAH common features law and morals de oraita and de rabbanan distinguishing between the two categories legal consequences of …

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  • 12PARTNERSHIP — Formation The earliest form of commercial partnership in Jewish law was partnership in property, or joint ownership. Craftsmen or tradesmen who wished to form a partnership were required to place money in a common bag and lift it or execute some… …

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  • 13American Law Institute — The American Law Institute (ALI) was established in 1923 to promote the clarification and simplification of American common law and its adaptation to changing social needs. The ALI drafts, approves, and publishes restatements of the law, model… …

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  • 14Surety bond — A surety bond is a contract among at least three parties: * The principal the primary party who will be performing a contractual obligation * The obligee the party who is the recipient of the obligation, and * The surety who ensures that the… …

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  • 15Surety — A surety is a person who agrees to be responsible for the debt or obligation of another. Furthermore, a surety is also a security against loss or damage or for the fulfillment of an obligation, the payment of a debt, etc.; a pledge, guaranty, or… …

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  • 16Real defense — A real defense is a justification for a maker or drawer not to honor a negotiable instrument even if it has been transferred to an holder in due course (or HDC ) because it makes the instrument “void” according to Uniform Commercial Code §3 305… …

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  • 17surety — sure·ty / shu̇r ə tē/ n pl ties [Anglo French seurté, literally, guarantee, security, from Old French, from Latin securitat securitas, from securus secure] 1: a formal engagement (as a pledge) given for the fulfillment of an undertaking 2: one… …

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  • 18CONFLICT OF LAWS — (also called Private International Law) is a branch of the law dealing with the adjudication of a matter which involves some foreign element, for instance, the fact that one of the parties is a foreign citizen, or that the matter at issue arose,… …

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  • 19LIEN — (Heb. שִׁעְבּוּד נְכָסִים, Shibud Nekhasim). The Concept Jewish law enables the creditor to exercise a lien over all the debtor s property, in addition to his remedies against the debtor personally. This lien automatically comes into existence on …

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