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  • 11contract of sale — A contract by which one of the contracting parties, called the seller, enters into an obligation to the other to cause him to have freely, by a title of proprietor, a thing, for the price of a certain sum of money, which the other contracting… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 12contract of sale — A contract by which one of the contracting parties, called the seller, enters into an obligation to the other to cause him to have freely, by a title of proprietor, a thing, for the price of a certain sum of money, which the other contracting… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 13contract for sale of land — A contract which calls for conveyance of interest in real estate and requires a writing signed by party sought to be charged as being within Statute of Frauds. See also contract for deed contract of sale …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 14contract for sale of land — A contract which calls for conveyance of interest in real estate and requires a writing signed by party sought to be charged as being within Statute of Frauds. See also contract for deed contract of sale …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 15Deed — Deed, n. [AS. d[=ae]d; akin to OS. d[=a]d, D. & Dan. daad, G. that, Sw. d[*a]d, Goth. d[=e]ds; fr. the root of do. See {Do}, v. t.] 1. That which is done or effected by a responsible agent; an act; an action; a thing done; a word of extensive… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 16Contract — • The canonical and moralist doctrine on this subject is a development of that contained in the Roman civil law. In civil law, a contract is defined as the union of several persons in a coincident expression of will by which their legal relations …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 17CONTRACT — (Heb. חוֹזֶה, ḥozeh), in general law theory a legally binding agreement between two or more parties, in terms of which one party undertakes for the benefit of the other to perform or refrain from a certain act. As such, contract is the main… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 18deed of priority — An agreement, usually a deed, under which two or more creditors agree among themselves the rights which they shall have as between each other in relation to their debts from the same debtor and the order of priority in which their respective… …

    Law dictionary

  • 19deed — [n1] achievement accomplishment, act, action, adventure, ballgame, big idea*, bit, byplay, cause, commission, crusade, do, enterprise, exploit, fact, feat, follow through, game, happenin’*, performance, plan, quest, reality, securing, stunt,… …

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  • 20Deed — For the British cargo ship, see SS Deed. Property law …

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