A special rule created by federal government to deal with door to door or pressure sales. It allows the purchaser to cancel a contract within a short time period after signing the agreement, usually three days. (Hence the 72 hour rule which this law is also known.) The rule does not apply to sales in general areas such as a store or at a trade show. The three day rule also … [Read more...]

A person or party who is conveying or transferring property to another person or party. … [Read more...]

In economics. The combined action of numbers. It is of two distinct kinds: (1) Such cooperation as takes place when several persons help each other in the same employment; (2) such cooperation as takes place when several persons help each other in different employments. These may be termed "simple cooperation" and "complex cooperation." Mill, Pol. Ec. 142. In patent law. Unity … [Read more...]

In the civil law. The name of a species of slander or injury uttered in public, and which charged some one with some act contra boms mores. … [Read more...]

An association of persons who cooperate to conduct business activities as a group, e.g. farmers. The purpose is to more efficiently market and sell their products and ultimately share in the revenues. … [Read more...]