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51ASSIGNMENT (OF DEBT) — History and Development Basically, Jewish law did not recognize the concept whereby personal rights or obligations (whether arising from contract or from a liability for damages in tort) could be legally assigned, either by the creditor or the… …
52English contract law — is an influential system regulating the law of contract that operates in England and Wales. Its doctrines form the basis of contract law across the Commonwealth, including Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand and South Africa and more generally… …
53Social contract (Malaysia) — Malaysia This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Malaysia …
54Employment contract in English law — An employment contract in English law is a specific kind of contract whereby one person performs work under the direction of another. The two main features of a contract is that work is exchanged for a wage, and that one party stands in a… …
55Land contract — A land contract (sometimes known as a “contract for deed” or an “installment sale agreement”) is a contract between a seller and buyer of real property in which the seller provides financing to buy the property for an agreed upon purchase price… …
56Limited Recourse Debt — A debt in which the creditor has limited claims on the loan in the event of default. Limited recourse debt sits in between secured bonds and unsecured bonds in terms of the backing behind the loan. Often a limited recourse debt contract is… …
57Duress (contract law) — Duress in the context of contract law is a common law defense, and if one is successful in proving that the contract is vitiated by duress, the contract may be rescinded, since it is then voidable.Duress has been defined as a threat of harm made… …
58anticipatory breach of contract — n. A breach of contract that occurs when one party announces before the time scheduled for performance that he or she will not perform according to the contract. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy …
59Crown debt — Crown debt, in English law, a debt due to the crown. By various statutes, the first dating from the reign of Henry VIII of England. (1541), the crown has priority for its debts before all other creditors. At common law the crown always had a lien …
60judgment debt — noun : a legal obligation to pay a debt or damages evidenced by a judgment entered in a court of record and enforceable by execution or other judicial process compare quasi contract * * * Law. a debt established or confirmed by decree of a court… …
