Partnership. An agreement among the partners that, in the event of dissolution, the business of the partnership can be continued without the necessity of liquidation. Cf. BUY–SELL AGREE-MENT(1). [Cases: Partnership 277. C.J.S. Partnership §§ 318–320.]
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European Monetary Agreement 《欧洲货币协定》 欧洲经济合作组织成员国间为进行多边清算和提供贷款而缔结的货币协定。该协定于1958年生效，其主要内容是建立欧洲基金和多边清算制度，以解决成员国实行货币自由兑换后产生的国际收支平衡问题。
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repurchase agreement. A short-term loan agreement by which one party sells a security to another party but promises to buy back the security on a specified date at a specified price. — Often shortened to repo. [Cases: Corporations 82, 120. C.J.S. Corporations §§ 180–181, 193–195, 239–241.]
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investment-direction agreement. A contract by which a trustee agrees not to diversify the trust’s assets, even though the trustee has the legal right to do so, and the beneficiary agrees to hold the trustee harmless for any losses resulting from not diversifying. — Abbr. IDA.
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continuation agreement. Partnership. An agreement among the partners that, in the event of dissolution, the business of the partnership can be continued without the necessity of liquidation. Cf. BUY–SELL AGREE-MENT(1). [Cases: Partnership 277. C.J.S. Partnership §§ 318–320.] “Normally, a continuation agreement would have some type of provision for purchasing the interest of a deceased or
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standstill agreement. Any agreement to refrain from taking further action; esp., an agreement by which a party agrees to refrain from further attempts to take over a corporation (as by making no tender offer) for a specified period, or by which financial institutions agree not to call bonds or loans when due.
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separation agreement. 1. An agreement between spouses in the process of a divorce or legal separation concerning alimony, maintenance, property division, child custody and support, and the like. — Also termed separation order (if approved or sanctioned judicially). See temporary order under ORDER. 2. DIVORCE AGREEMENT. [Cases: Husband and Wife 277.]
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hands-off agreement. A noncompete contractual provision between an employer and a former employee prohibiting the employee from using information learned during his or her employment to divert or to steal customers from the former employer. [Cases: Contracts 118. C.J.S. Contracts §§ 267–268.]
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degree of negligence. One of the varying levels of negligence typically designated as slight negligence, ordinary negligence, and gross negligence. See NEGLIGENCE. [Cases: Negligence 272–276. C.J.S. Negligence §§ 88–113.] “Although the common law concept of degrees of negligence has been criticized or repudiated in many jurisdictions, the usefulness of the view at common law that
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Gretna Green 格雷特纳·格林 １英格兰靠近苏格兰边界的一个小村镇，英格兰的私奔情侣去那里结婚以逃避宗教结婚仪式前的结婚公告和英格兰法律规定的其他正式手续；２在美国，指许多情侣为躲避某些强加的结婚手续，保守结婚秘密而选择的某个地方，在那里怡人的环境中举行婚礼。