marriage settlement
marriage settlement. 1. MARITAL AGREEMENT. 2. PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT.
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relations
relations n. (1)关系 指一人与他人在特定范围内的交往。法律就是调整这些关系的，如夫妻关系、买卖双方的关系、僱主与僱员的关系等。 (2)亲属关系(→degrees of kinship; industrial relations; relative)
gambling contract
An agreement to engage in a gamble; a contract in which two parties wager something, esp. money, for a chance to win a prize. • Where gambling is legal, contracts related to legal gambling activities are enforceable. — Also termed gaming contract. See wagering contract. [Cases: Gaming 25.]
cognizor
cognizor (kog-ni-z[schwa]r or -zor). Hist. The grantor of land in a conveyance by fine. — Also termed conusor; conuzor. See FINE(1). “Next comes the concord, or agreement itself, after leave obtained from the court; which is usually an acknowledgment … that the lands in question are the right of the complainant. And from this acknowledgment,
lyndhurst’s act
s Act. Hist. An English statute that rendered marriages within certain degrees of kinship null and void. Marriage Act of 1835, 5 & 6 Will. 4, ch. 54. — Also termed Lord Lyndhurst’s Act.
neither party
neither party. A docket entry reflecting the parties’ agreement not to continue to appear to prosecute and defend a lawsuit. • This entry is equivalent to a dismissal.
gain
gain, n. 1. An increase in amount, degree, or value. pecuniary gain. 1. A gain of money or of something having monetary value. 2. Criminal law. Any monetary or economic gain that serves as an impetus for the commission of an offense. • In most states, an offense and its punishment are aggravated if the
minimum royalty clause
minimum-royalty clause. Patents. A royalty-agreement provision that prescribes a fixed payment by the licensee to the patentee, regardless of whether the invention is actually used. [Cases: Patents 218(1), (5).C.J.S. Patents §§ 365–368, 371.]
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bargained for exchange
bargained-for exchange. Contracts. A benefit or detriment that the parties to a contract agree to as the price of performance in return for a promise. • The Restatement of Contracts (Second) defines consideration exclusively in terms of bargain, but it does not mention benefit or detriment.
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legal custom
A custom that operates as a binding rule of law, independently of any agreement on the part of those subject to it. — Often shortened to custom.