TIME IS THE ESSENCE OF CONTRACTS
a term where one party to a contract needs to carry out his obligation in a set period of time so the other party can carry out their obligations of the contract.
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a term where one party to a contract needs to carry out his obligation in a set period of time so the other party can carry out their obligations of the contract.
This term applies to the trial jury that is not the grand jury who offers an indictment but doesn’t try the case.
a term that is used for bail that is for a limited and set period of time.
This term applies to pleading guilty to a lesser plea than the one charged.
the name given to the practice of insisting you buy another product before you are able to buy the one you want.
an extension of the testimonial immunity that can protect a witness from prosecution.
See triors.
federal law that was enacted in 1947 giving rights to employees and employers where strikes are legal and other union deals.
This phrase is used when transferring property where the new owner agrees to assume to mortgage and secure the former owner against loss.
a trust for the benefit of certain people that is different from a trust that benefits a charitable organisation.
when all parties will consent to a wiretap that is needed in some states for it be lawful.
where you put your own money in a bank in your own name as the trustee for another person.
This term applies to the property and money that is held in a trust and the property and money that is administered by the trustees.
a term for the unstated and implied understanding without it being committed to writing.
the term used to take title or to gain and to hold possession of property legally.
federal law that requires people who apply for credit be given information that is accurate and easily understood.
a term for a postponement for a limited time.
a trust where a trustee does not have any role to play.
evidence that is based on what a dead person has said many years before.
refusing to answer a question on the grounds of self-incrimination. See the fifth amendment.
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