consideration of contract
11Contract Net Protocol — (CNP) is a task sharing protocol in multi agent systems, consisting of a collection of nodes or software agents that form the contract net . Each node on the network can, at different times or for different tasks, be a manager or a contractor.… …
12Contract — Con tract (k[o^]n tr[a^]kt), n. [L. contractus, fr. contrahere: cf. F. contrat, formerly also contract.] 1. (Law) The agreement of two or more persons, upon a sufficient consideration or cause, to do, or to abstain from doing, some act; an… …
13contract — An oral or written agreement between two or more parties which is enforceable by law. In order to be valid, a contract requires an offer, an acceptance of that offer and, in common law jurisdictions, consideration. (Dictionary of Canadian… …
14consideration — Under common law, one of the three criteria that have to be met before a contract is binding. Refers to money or payment of money or some right, interest, profit or benefit accruing to the one party, or some forbearance, detriment, loss or… …
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16Consideration — Contract law Part …
17Consideration under American law — Contract law Part o …
18contract — contractee, n. contractible, adj. contractibility, contractibleness, n. contractibly, adv. n., adj., and usu. for v. 16 18, 22, 23 /kon trakt/; otherwise v. /keuhn trakt /, n. 1. an agreement between two or more parties for the doing or not doing …
19consideration — The inducement to a contract. The cause, motive, price, or impelling influence which induces a contracting party to enter into a contract. The reason or material cause of a contract. Some right, interest, profit or benefit accruing to one party,… …
20consideration — The inducement to a contract. The cause, motive, price, or impelling influence which induces a contracting party to enter into a contract. The reason or material cause of a contract. Some right, interest, profit or benefit accruing to one party,… …
