accept service
accept service. To agree that process has been properly served even when it has not been. — Also termed accept service of process.
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agency coupled with an interest
An agency in which the agent is granted not only the power to act on behalf of a principal but also a legal interest in the estate or property involved. • This type of agency is irrevocable before the interest expires, unless the parties agree otherwise when creating the interest. The agency survives even if
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consent to be sued
consent to be sued. Agreement in advance to be sued in a particular forum. See COGNOVIT CLAUSE. [Cases: Corporations 662; States 191; United States 125. C.J.S. Corporations § 941; States §§ 196–197, 202, 297–307, 314; United States §§ 217–226, 228–230, 234–239, 247.]
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conventional custom
A custom that operates only indirectly through the medium of agreements, so that it is accepted and adopted in individual instances as conventional law between the parties to those agreements. — Also termed usage. See USAGE.
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instrument
instrument n. (1)文契 用以记载某项行为，表明权利、义务等的设定、变更、终止的正式的书面文件，如契约〔contract〕、契据〔deed〕、遗嘱〔will〕、债券〔bond〕、租约〔lease〕等，可为证据。 (2)票据 指流通票据〔negotiable instrument〕、证券〔security〕或其他任何可以证明取得金钱支付权利的书面文据。本身并非担保协议〔security agreement〕或租约〔lease〕，而且是于正常业务活动中以必要的背书或让与程序交付转移的。
default rule
A legal principle that fills a gap in a contract in the absence of an applicable express provision but remains subject to a contrary agreement. Cf. GAP-FILLER.
apographa
apographa ([schwa]-pog-r[schwa]-f[schwa]), n. pl.[fr. Greek apographein “to copy”] 1. Civil law. An examination and enumeration of things possessed; an inventory. 2. Copies; transcripts. — apographal, adj.
chirographum
chirographum (kI-rog-r[schwa]-f[schwa]m). [Latin fr. Greek] Roman law. A handwritten document, usu. an undertaking or acknowledgment of debt written in the debtor’s own hand. Cf. TYPOGRAPHUM. Pl. chiro-grapha.
conventional obligation
An obligation that results from agreement of the parties; a contractual obligation. Cf. obediential obligation. — Also termed express obligation; civil obligation.
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attorn
attorn ([schwa]-t[schwa]rn), vb. 1. To agree to be the tenant of a new landlord. [Cases: Landlord and Tenant 15. C.J.S. Landlord and Tenant §§ 21–22, 277, 279.] 2. To transfer (money, goods, etc.) to another.