commutative contract
1commutative contract — see contract Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
2commutative contract — noun : a civil law contract in which each party gives and receives an equivalent * * * commutative contract, a contract in which each participant gives and receives an equivalent …
3commutative contract — In civil law, one in which each of the contracting parties gives and receives an equivalent; e.g., the contract of sale. See contract …
4commutative contract — In civil law, one in which each of the contracting parties gives and receives an equivalent; e.g., the contract of sale. See contract …
5commutative contract — A contract which involves mutual and reciprocal obligations, and wherein the acts to be done and performed on one side form the consideration for those to be done and performed on the other. Hyde & Gleises v Booraem & Co. 16 Pet 169, 10 L Ed 928 …
6contract — con·tract 1 / kän ˌtrakt/ n [Latin contractus from contrahere to draw together, enter into (a relationship or agreement), from com with, together + trahere to draw] 1: an agreement between two or more parties that creates in each party a duty to… …
7contract — An agreement between two or more persons which creates an obligation to do or not to do a particular thing. As defined in Restatement, Second, Contracts No. 3: A contract is a promise or a set of promises for the breach of which the law gives a… …
8contract — An agreement between two or more persons which creates an obligation to do or not to do a particular thing. As defined in Restatement, Second, Contracts No. 3: A contract is a promise or a set of promises for the breach of which the law gives a… …
9Social contract — This article is about the political and philosophical concept. For Rousseau s 1762 treatise on the concept, see The Social Contract. For other uses, see Social Contract (disambiguation). The social contract is an intellectual device intended to… …
10do ut des — ˌdōˌu̇tˈdās noun Etymology: New Latin, I give in order that you may give : a commutative contract whereby something is given so that something may be received in return * * * do ut des «DOH uht DEEZ», Latin. I give that you may give (used of a… …