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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Where satisfaction of conditions in a purchase contract depended upon a future uncertain event, the happening of which depends entirely on the will of a third party (for example, approval of a local council to an annexation, or a plan of subdivision, or the acquisition by the purchaser of an adjoining property), such conditions were held by the Supreme Court to be "true conditions precedent", which could not be waived by one of the parties to the contract, even if it could be shown that the condition was inserted for the benefit of that party. (Anger & Honsberger 2nd ed., 1985, p. 1097)  1, record 1, English, - true%20condition%20precedent

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

condition suspensive véritable : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 1, French, - condition%20suspensive%20v%C3%A9ritable

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

No issue concerning waiver arises in the present case, and therefore nothing touches the rule ... that a true condition precedent cannot be waived by either party without express reservation of a power of waiver.  1, record 2, English, - true%20condition%20precedent

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish