Contra proferentem — Contract law Part o … Wikipedia
contra proferentem — A rule of interpretation primarily applying to documents. If any doubt or ambiguity arises in the interpretation of a document, the rule requires that the doubt or ambiguity should be resolved against the party who drafted it or who uses it as a… … Big dictionary of business and management
contra preferentem — /kontra prefarentam/ Against the party who proffers or puts forward a thing. As a rule of strict construction, contra proferentem, requires that contract be construed against person preparing terms thereof. Matter of City Stores Co., Bkrtcy.N.Y … Black's law dictionary
contra preferentem — /kontra prefarentam/ Against the party who proffers or puts forward a thing. As a rule of strict construction, contra proferentem, requires that contract be construed against person preparing terms thereof. Matter of City Stores Co., Bkrtcy.N.Y … Black's law dictionary
Posting rule — The posting rule (or mailbox rule in the U.S., or postal rule or deposited acceptance rule ) is an exception to the general rule of contract law in common law countries that acceptance takes place when communicated. The posting rule states, by… … Wikipedia
Mirror image rule — Contract law Part … Wikipedia
Interpreting contracts in English law — is an area of English contract law, which concerns how the courts decide what an agreement means. It is settled law that the process is based on the objective view of a reasonable person, given the context in which the contracting parties made… … Wikipedia
Exclusion clause — An exclusion clause is a term in a contract that seeks to restrict the rights of the parties to the contract. Exclusion clauses generally fall into one of these categories:Traditionally, the district courts have sought to limit the operation of… … Wikipedia
South African contract law — is essentially a modernised version of the Roman Dutch law of contract, [1] which is itself rooted in Roman law. In the broadest definition, a contract is an agreement entered into by two or more parties with the serious intention of creating a… … Wikipedia
pacta illicita — in the law of contract, illegal contracts . If an agreement is unlawful in its aim or its performance, the courts will not enforce the agreement. Recognised categories are: (1) contracts to commit crimes, torts or delicts; (2) contracts promoting … Law dictionary
