compromise agreement
1compromise agreement — index composition (agreement in bankruptcy) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 compromise agreement …
2Compromise agreement — In the United Kingdom, a compromise agreement is a specific type of contract, regulated by statute, between an employer and its employee (or ex employee) under which the employee receives a negotiated financial sum in exchange for agreeing that… …
3compromise agreement — agreement which contains some desires of both sides, conciliatory agreement …
4COMPROMISE — (Heb. פְּשָׁרָה, pesharah; apparently derived from the term pesher, solution, Eccles. 8:1), deciding a civil law dispute (dinei mamonot) by the court or an arbitral body, through the exercise of their discretion and not according to the laws… …
5compromise — com·pro·mise 1 n: an agreement resolving differences by mutual concessions esp. to prevent or end a lawsuit compromise 2 vb mised, mis·ing vt: to resolve or dispose of by a compromise cases in which a dispute is compromised E. A. Farnsworth and W …
6agreement — [[t]əgri͟ːmənt[/t]] ♦♦ agreements 1) N COUNT: oft N to inf, N prep An agreement is a formal decision about future action which is made by two or more countries, groups, or people. It looks as though a compromise agreement has now been reached...… …
7compromise and settlement — A compromise agreement followed by the performance of the promises contained in the agreement. 15 Am J2d Compr § 1 …
8agreement — a‧gree‧ment [əˈgriːmənt] noun [countable] 1. an arrangement or promise to do something, made by two or more people or organizations: • Under the agreement, the company will distribute our products in North America. • What happens if the warring… …
9agreement — agree·ment n 1 a: the act or fact of agreeing by mutual agreement b: unity of opinion, understanding, or intent; esp: the mutual assent of contracting parties to the same terms if they reach agreement ◇ Under common law, agreement is a necessary… …
10Compromise — Com pro*mise, n. [F. compromis, fr. L. compromissum a mutual promise to abide by the decision of an arbiter, fr. compromittere to make such a promise; com + promittere to promise. See {Promise}.] 1. A mutual agreement to refer matters in dispute… …
