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AFFIRMATIVE COVENANT [2 records]

Record 1 2012-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
OBS

Covenants may be classified according to several distinct principles of division: affirmative or negative. The former being those in which the party binds himself to the existence of a present state of facts as represented or to the future performance of some act; while the latter are those in which the covenantor obliges himself not to do or perform some act. (Black, 5th ed., 1979, p. 327)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
OBS

covenant affirmatif : 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).

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
Key term(s)
  • affirmative covenant

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
Key term(s)
  • obligation de faire

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comercio exterior
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