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One which is superseded by a condition under which it was created and which is not yet accomplished. … [Read more...] about CONDITIONAL OBLIGATION

In the civil law. An action which the hirer (conductor) of a thing might have against the letter, (locator.) Inst 3, 25, pr. 2. … [Read more...] about CONDUCTI ACTIO

civil law. When the plaintiff has paid to the defendant by mistake what he was not bound to pay either in fact or in law, he may recover it back by an action called condictio indebiti. This action does not lie, 1. if the sum was due ex cequitate, or by a natural obligation; 2. if he who made the payment knew that nothing was due, for qui consulto dat quod non debetat, … [Read more...] about CONDICTIO INDEBITI

An offer made based upon a condition occurring or being fulfilled. … [Read more...] about CONDITIONAL OFFER

In the civil law. A hiring. Used generally in connection with the term locatio, a letting. Locatio et conductio, (sometimes united as a .compound word, "tocatio-conductio,") a letting and hiring. Inst. 3, 25; Bract, fol. 62, c. 28; Story, Bailm. … [Read more...] about CONDUCTIO