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A non-binding legal document that reduces the agreement between the parties to paper and states a desire to entire into a formal agreement upon the stated terms. … [Read more...] about MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

Latin: In the civil and old English law. A month. Mensis vetitus, the prohibited month; fence month, (q. v.) … [Read more...] about MENSIS

A document that sets forth the terms of agreement between parties on an issue and is usually an informal understanding that will later be included in a formalized and more comprehensive writing. … [Read more...] about MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU)

In the civil law. A measurer of land; a surveyor. Dig. 11, 6; Id. 50, 6, 6; Cod. 12, 28. … [Read more...] about MENSOR

These words are use in the 4th section of the statute 29 Charles II., c. 3, commonly called the statute of frauds and perjuries, which enact, that no action shall be brought whereby to charge any person upon any agreement made upon consideration of marriage, or upon any contract or sale of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or any interest in or concerning them, unless the … [Read more...] about MEMORANDUM OR NOTE