A contract where all other agreements and contracts are incorporated into the present agreement. … [Read more...]

A pension plan integrated within a Social Security retirement benefits plan. … [Read more...]

Usually refers to the combination of several early versions of an agreement into one final agreement which supersedes all prior versions. May also be used in reference to the combination of people of different races who were prior segregated, usually for anti-discrimination purposes such as the busing of children of the school of one race into another location which consists … [Read more...]

Also known as a merger clause, a contract clause which states that the contract to be signed represents the final agreement, mergers all prior versions and supersedes any other prior version or discussion agreement, written or oral. … [Read more...]

As occasionally used in statutes prescribing the qualifications of public officers, trustees, etc., this term means soundness of moral principle and character, as shown, by one person dealing with others In the making and performance of contracts, and fidelity and honesty in the discharge of trusts; it is synonymous with "probity," "honesty," and "uprightness." In re Bauquier's … [Read more...]