reasonable restraint

  • 1reasonable restraint rule — The rule that in granting or devising a vested estate, a restraint upon alienation may be imposed for a reasonable period of time, but not beyond the life of the grantee or devisee. Cities Service Oil Co. v Taylor, 242 Ky 157, 45 SW2d 1039, 79… …

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  • 2rule of reasonable restraint — See reasonable restraint rule …

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  • 3reasonable — rea·son·able adj 1 a: being in accordance with reason, fairness, duty, or prudence b: of an appropriate degree or kind c: supported or justified by fact or circumstance a reasonable belief that force was necessary for self defense d …

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  • 4restraint of trade — Combinations and practices interfering unreasonably with the normal production and supply of commodities by the suppression of competition therein, or by other means; an instrument of monopoly. 36 Am J1st Monop etc § 2. A contractual restriction… …

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  • 5restraint of trade — 1: an act, fact, or means of curbing the free flow of commerce or trade covenant not to compete with an employer after leaving is in restraint of trade and must be reasonable to be enforced 2: an attempt or intent to eliminate or stifle… …

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  • 6restraint — Confinement, abridgment, or limitation. Prohibition of action; holding or pressing back from action. Hindrance, confinement, or restriction of liberty. Obstruction, hindrance or destruction of trade or commerce. See restraint of trade stop. @… …

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  • 7Restraint of trade — Contract law Part o …

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  • 8Restraint on alienation — A restraint on alienation, in the law of real property, is a clause used in the conveyance of real property that seeks to prohibit the recipient from selling or otherwise transferring his interest in the property. Under the common law such… …

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  • 9reasonable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sound, sensible; fair, moderate; rational, logical. See cheapness, moderation, sanity.Ant., unreasonable, irrational. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Amenable to reason] Syn. rational, sensible, sane,… …

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  • 10Addyston Pipe and Steel Company v. United States — Infobox SCOTUS case Litigants=Addyston Pipe and Steel Co. v. U.S. ArgueDateA=April 26 ArgueDateB=27 ArgueYear=1899 DecideDate=December 4 DecideYear=1899 FullName=Addyston Pipe and Steel Company et al., Appts., v. United States USVol=175… …

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