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Contract

A contract is an agreement that specifies certain legally enforceable rights and obligations pertaining to two or more parties. A contract typically involves consent to transfer of goods, services, money, or promise to transfer any of those at a future date. The activities and intentions of the parties entering into a contract may be referred to as…

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Contract

Nodes460
Edges459
Triples363
Avg. degree2
Density0.004348
Components1

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related to Further reading · 51
Contract → Abingdon, American, Beale, British, Business Expert Press, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Cases, Cheltenham, Claire-Michelle Smyth, Clarendon, Comparative, DiMatteo, Edward Elgar, Ermanno Calzolaio, European, George Letsas, Gerhart, Gilbert Mertens, Gregory Klass
related to Freight and transport contracts · 25
Contract → ASEAN Framework, ASEAN Framework Agreement, Association, Both, Carriage, CCPRC, China, Contracts, Goods, Hague-Visby, Hague-Visby Rules, In, In China, In Singapore, Montréal Convention, Multimodal Transport, People's Republic, Presently, Sea Act, Similarly
related to Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods · 24
Contract → Article, Australian, Brazilian, CISG, CISG's, Consequently, Contracting State, Contracting States, Contracts, Convention, For, Given, Goods, Importantly, In, International Sale, Japanese, States, Sydney, The
related to Contracts across jurisdictions · 20
Contract → Arab, Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch, Civil, Civil Code, Egyptian Civil Code, German, Germany, In, Lower Canada, Napoleonic Code, Notably, Québec, Roman-Dutch, Saint Lucia, Scots, Such, The, The Law, Unjust, When
related to Common law contracts · 17
Contract → Civil Code, England, English, English-speaking, German, In, Indonesia, Lower Canada, Meanwhile, Napoleonic Code, Québec, Roman, Roman-Dutch, Saint Lucia, South Africa, Suriname, The
related to Electronic contracts · 17
Contract → Commercial Law Act, Electronic Communications, Electronic Transactions Act, Electronic Transferable Records, In, In India, In Singapore, Indian Contract Act, Information Technology Act, International Contracts, Many, New Zealand's Contract, Similarly, UNCITRAL Model Law, United Nations Convention, Use, With
related to Islamic law · 17
Contract → Additionally, Administration, For, In Singapore, India, Islamic, Mahr, Meanwhile, Muslim, Muslim Law Act, Muslim-majority, Sharia, The, There, While, Women's Charter, Written
related to history · 15
Contract → Analogously, Arab, Contracts, European, In, In Roman, Indian, Islamic, Middle Ages, Muslim, Neolithic Revolution, On, Roman, Silk Road, The
related to Defences · 12
Contract → Additionally, Although, Article, Defences, For, International Commercial Contracts, Mainland Chinese, Principles, Similarly, UNIDROIT Principles, Where, With
related to Assignment · 11
Contract → Consumers' Claims, Defences, Federal Trade Commission, In, Preservation, Rule, The, Trade Regulation Rule Concerning, Under Mainland Chinese, United States, While

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Contractis aagreement that specifies certain legally enforceable rights and obligations pertaining to two or more parties0.90text
Contractis aset of constructs created by distinct parties0.90text
Contractis aagreement in which each of the parties to the contract makes a promise or set of promises to each other0.90text
Contractis apersonal employment contract to work as a spy or secret agent0.90text
Contractis acondition of the contract0.90text
Contractis alegal operation0.90text
Contractis aoffer0.90text
Contractis asmart contract0.90text
Contractis aunconscionable contract of adhesion.ArgentinaUnder article 1119 of Argentina's civil and commercial code0.90text
specific performance or rescissioninstance ofthe injured party may seek judicial remedies such as damages or equitable remedies0.80text
Japaninstance ofWhile jurisdictions0.80text
South Koreainstance ofWhile jurisdictions0.80text

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