One who enters into a contract this term is usually applied to persons who undertake to do public work, or the work for a company or corporation on a large scale, at a certain fixed price, or to furnish goods to another at a fixed or ascertained price. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition This term is strictly applicable to any person who enters into a contract, (Kent … [Read more...] about CONTRACTOR
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CONTINUING JURISDICTION
A court having the authority to hear and decide a case from beginning to end. … [Read more...] about CONTINUING JURISDICTION
CONTRABAND OF WAR
Certain classes of merchandise, such as arms and ammunition, which, by the rules of international law, cannot lawfully be furnished or carried by a neutral nation to either of two belligerents; if found in transit in neutral vessels, such goods may be seized and condemned for violation of neutrality. The Peterhoff, 5 Wall. 58. 18 L. Ed. 564; Richardson v. Insurance Co., 6 Mass. … [Read more...] about CONTRABAND OF WAR
CONTRACTUAL LIABILITY
The responsibility and obligations that one agrees to accept under a contract. … [Read more...] about CONTRACTUAL LIABILITY
CONTINUING NUISANCE
A nuisance that continues or is repeated with regularity. … [Read more...] about CONTINUING NUISANCE