executory sale
A sale agreed upon in principle but with a few minor details remaining.
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extrapolate
extrapolate (ek-strap-[schwa]-layt), vb. 1. To estimate an unknown value or quantity on the basis of the known range, esp. by statistical methods. 2. To deduce an unknown legal principle from a known case. 3. To speculate about possible results, based on known facts. — extrapolative (-lay-tiv or -l[ schwa]-tiv), extrapolatory (-l[schwa]-tor-ee), adj. — extrapolator (-lay-t[schwa]r),
impossibility of performance doctrine
impossibility-of-performance doctrine. The principle that a party may be released from a contract on the ground that uncontrollable circumstances have rendered performance impossible. Cf. FRUSTRATION(2); IMPRACTICABILITY. [Cases: Contracts 309(1). C.J.S. Contracts §§ 520–522, 524.]
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special hazard rule
special-hazard rule. The principle that an employee is covered by workers’ compensation for injuries received while traveling to or from work if the route used contains unique risks or hazards and is not ordinarily used by the public except in dealing with the employer. • This is an exception to the general rule that an
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hot potato rule
hot-potato rule. The principle that a lawyer may not unreasonably withdraw from representing a client. • The term comes from the rule’s classic formulation: “a firm may not drop a client like a ‘hot potato,’ especially if it is in order to keep happy a far more lucrative client.” Picker Int’l, Inc. v. Varian Assocs.,
原则（一套一般原则）
原则（一套一般原则） 英语：policy (set of general principles) 法语：politique, système, ligne de conduite 德语：Vorgehensweise, Richtlinien 意大利语：politica, linea di condotta 西班牙语：norma, política, principios
原则性协议
原则性协议 英语：agreement in principle 法语：accord de principe 德语：prinzipielle Einigung 意大利语：accordo di principio 西班牙语：acuerdo en principio
holding out
holding out 自称 某人声称自己有事实上并不存在的某种权力或资格，以诱惑第三人来信任他并有所作为，在此情况下，该人应受到不容否认原则〔principle of estoppel〕的约束。