transaction in the fulfillment of obligations
1OBLIGATIONS, LAW OF — This law is concerned with the rights of one person as against those of another (jus in personam), as distinguished from the law of property, which is concerned with a person s rights in a chattel or other property as against the world at large… …
2Article One of the United States Constitution — United States of America This article is part of the series: United States Constitution Original text of the Constitution Preamble Articles of the Constitution I  …
3First Amendment to the United States Constitution — First Amendment redirects here. For other uses, see First Amendment (disambiguation). United States of America This a …
4Revolt of the Comuneros — For other revolts by this name, see Comunero (disambiguation). Revolt of the Comuneros …
5Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York v. The Rank Organisation Ltd — Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York v. The Rank Organisation Ltd. [1985] BCLC 11 is a UK company law case dealing with oppression (or unfair prejudice) under s.20 Companies Act 1948 (now s.994 Companies Act 2006). Goulding J delivered the… …
6Mutual Life Insurance Co of New York v The Rank Organisation Ltd — Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York v The Rank Organisation Ltd. [1985] BCLC 11 is a UK company law case dealing with oppression (or unfair prejudice) under s.20 Companies Act 1948 (now s.994 Companies Act 2006). Goulding J delivered the… …
7BUSINESS ETHICS — The Role of Wealth Any discussion of business ethics, within any cultural or religious framework, requires at the very outset a definition of the role of material wealth, financial assets, and other forms of economic possessions. Furthermore,… …
8CONTRACT — (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… …
9ASMAKHTA — (Aram. אַסְמַכְתָּא; support, reliance ), legal term with two connotations in the Talmud. (1) In rabbinical exegesis it denotes the use of a biblical text merely as a support for a halakhah without suggesting that the halakhah is thus actually… …
10SURETYSHIP — (Heb. עַרְבוּת), one person s undertaking to fulfill the obligation of another toward a third person (called the arev, ḥayyav, and nosheh, respectively). In Jewish law fulfillment of an obligation is secured primarily through the assets of the… …
