A contract by which one of the contracting parties called the "seller" enters into an obligation to the other to cause him to have freely by a title of proprietor a thing for the price of a certain sum of money which the other contracting party called the "buyer" on his part obliges himself to pay. Poth. Cont.; Civ. Code La. 1000 art. 21.10; White v. Treat (C. C.) 100 Fed. 201; … [Read more...] about CONTRACT OF SALE
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CONTRA BONOS MORES
Against good morals. 2. All contracts contra bonos mores, are illegal. These are reducible to Several classes, namely, those which are, 1. incentive to crime. A claim cannot be sustained, therefore, on. a bond for compounding a crime; as, for example, a prosecution for perjury; or for procuring a pardon. A distinction has been made between a contract made as a reparation for an … [Read more...] about CONTRA BONOS MORES
CONTRACT PERIOD
The term of the contract. … [Read more...] about CONTRACT PERIOD
CONTRA FORMAM STATUTI
Contrary to the form of the statute. 2.1. When one statute prohibits a thing and another gives the penalty, in an action for the penalty, the declaration should conclude contra fornam statutorum. … [Read more...] about CONTRA FORMAM STATUTI
CONTRACT PRICE
The price under a contract to render a good or service. … [Read more...] about CONTRACT PRICE