termination-for-convenience clause. A contractual provision allowing the government to terminate all or a portion of a contract when it chooses. • Among the governmental contracts that often include a termination-for-convenience clause are service contracts, research-and-development contracts, and fixed-price contracts. See 48 CFR § 52.249-1.
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regime (r[schwa]-zheemor ray-zheem). 1. A system of rules, regulations, or government (the community-property regime). 2. A particular administration or government, esp. an authoritarian one. — Also spelled régime. international regime. A set of norms of behavior and rules and policies that cover international issues and that facilitate substantive or procedural arrangements among countries. legal regime.
air-transport agreement. A contract governing the operation of air services; esp., an intergovernmental agree-ment governing the operation of international air services between their territories. — Also termed air-services agreement.
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indent, n. 1. Hist. An indented certificate of indebtedness issued by the U.S. government or a state government in the late 18th or early 19th century. 2. A contract or deed in writing. indent (in-dent), vb. Hist. 1. To cut in a serrated or wavy line; esp., to sever (an instrument) along a serrated line
investment. 1. An expenditure to acquire property or assets to produce revenue; a capital outlay. [Cases: Contracts 193.] fixed-dollar investment. An investment whose value is the same when sold as it was when purchased. • Examples are bonds held to maturity, certain government securities, and savings accounts. fixed-income investment. An investment (including preferred stock) that
Federal Acquisition Regulation. (usu. pl.) A federal regulation that governs contracting methods, requirements, and procedures with the federal government. 48 CFR ch. 1. — Also termed Federal Procurement Regulation. [Cases: United States 64. 5.]
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cardinal-change doctrine. Contracts. The principle that if the government makes a fundamental, unilateral change to a contract beyond the scope of what was originally contemplated, the other party (usu. a contractor) will be released from the obligation to continue work under the contract. • A contractor’s allegation of cardinal change is essentially an assertion that
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concession, n. 1. A government grant for specific privileges. 2. The voluntary yielding to a demand for the sake of a settlement. 3. A rebate or abatement. 4. Int’l law. A contract in which a country transfers some rights to a foreign enterprise, which then engages in an activity (such as mining) contingent on state
suspect classification. Constitutional law. A statutory classification based on race, national origin, or alienage, and thereby subject to strict scrutiny under equal-protection analysis. • Examples of laws creating suspect classifications are those permitting only U.S. citizens to receive welfare benefits and setting quotas for the government’s hiring of minority contractors. See STRICT SCRUTINY. Cf. FUNDAMENTAL
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A treaty relating solely to the subject matter of the compact, independently of the persons of the contracting sovereigns. • Real treaties continue to bind the state even when the heads of government change.