executive agreement. An international agreement entered into by the President, without approval by the Senate, and usu. involving routine diplomatic or military matters. Cf. TREATY(1). [Cases: United States 28. C.J.S. United States § 48.]
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beta-test agreement. Intellectual property. A software license agreement, usu. between a software developer and a customer, permitting the customer to use the software program in a “live” environment before its release to the general public. • Beta-test agreements differ from more conventional software licenses in that they typically (1) have more significant limitations on liability;
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tolling agreement. An agreement between a potential plaintiff and a potential defendant by which the defendant agrees to extend the statutory limitations period on the plaintiff’s claim, usu. so that both parties will have more time to resolve their dispute without litigation. [Cases: Limitation of Actions 14. C.J.S. Limitations of Actions § 25.]
option agreement. Corporations. A share-transfer restriction that commits the shareholder to sell, but not the corporation or other shareholders to buy, the shareholder’s shares at a fixed price when a specified event occurs. Cf. BUY–SELL AGREEMENT(2); OPTION(2). [Cases: Corporations 82, 113. C.J.S. Corporations §§ 180–181, 193–195, 220–225.]
Tax. A written contract between a taxpayer and the Internal Revenue Service to resolve a tax dispute. [Cases: Internal Revenue 4761. C.J.S. Internal Revenue § 654.]
A narrative statement of facts that is stipulated to be correct by the parties and is submitted to a tribunal for a ruling. • When the narrative statement is filed on appeal instead of a report of the trial proceedings, it is called an agreed statement on appeal. — Also termed agreed case. [Cases: Appeal
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green card (1)〈美〉绿卡 用以证明居住在美国、具有外国人身份的人享有美国永久居民地位的登证卡。之所以称之为绿卡是源自于最初的颜色为绿色，尽管自1965年以来已经印刷为红、白、蓝色，但一直沿用「绿卡」的称呼。获得绿卡的外国人应具备下列条件：１在美国有近亲属；２有美国所需的专门技术；３在美国有至少40 000美元的投资。 (2)〈英〉绿色保险证；汽车国外事故保险证
security agreement. An agreement that creates or provides for an interest in specified real or personal property to guarantee the performance of an obligation. • It must provide for a security interest, describe the collateral, and be signed by the debtor. The agreement may include other important covenants and warranties. [Cases: Secured Transactions 41–51. C.J.S.
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cross-purchase buy-sell agreement. 1. BUY–SELL AGREEMENT(1). 2. A partnership insurance plan in which each partner individually buys and maintains enough insurance on the life or lives of other partners to purchase a deceased or expelled partner’s equity.
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Green River ordinance. A local licensing law that protects residents from unwanted peddlers and salespersons, typically by prohibiting door-to-door solicitations without prior consent. • The ordinance takes its name from Green River, Wyoming, which enacted the first such law in the early 20th century before others came into vogue during the 1930s and 1940s throughout
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