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IMPLIED AGREEMENT [25 records]

Record 1 2022-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Commercial Law
CONT

A breach of contract claim would encompass almost any breach of an obligation. The obligation might be expressly contained in an agreement or might even be implied from other terms of the agreement. The agreement could be in writing or could even be verbal. The breach of contract might give rise to a claim in damages, injunctive or other relief including specific performance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Droit commercial
OBS

réclamation pour rupture de contrat; réclamation pour violation de contrat : désignations tirées du mini-lexique «Intelligence artificielle et droit» et reproduites avec l'autorisation du Centre de ressources en français juridique de l'Université de Saint-Boniface.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-01-19

English

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

A contract inferred from the conduct of parties or from some relationship existing between them. (Curzon, 2nd, po. 179)

CONT

In some cases a contract is said to be implied by law. Such an implied contract is really an obligation imposed by law independently of an actual agreement between the parties, and may be imposed notwithstanding an expressed intention by one of the parties to the contrary.(9 Hals., 4th, p. 88)

OBS

May be implied in law or in fact.

French

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

Générique par rapport à «contrat de droit» et «contrat tacite».

OBS

contrat implicite : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-01-19

English

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

(1) Implied in fact. One inferred from the acts or conduct of the parties, instead of being expressed by them in written or spoken words. (2) Implied in law.... One where, by fiction of law, a promise is imputed to perform a legal duty, as to repay money obtained by fraud or duress. (Black’s, 5th ed., 1979, p. 62)

French

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

convention implicite : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-01-19

English

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

A contract inferred from the conduct of parties or from some relationship existing between them (Curzon, 1979, p. 163)

OBS

In some cases a contract is said to be implied by law. Such an implied contract is really an obligation imposed by law independently of an actual agreement between the parties, and may be imposed notwithstanding an expressed intention by one of the parties to the contrary.(9 Hals., 4th ed., p. 88)

French

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

contrat tacite : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 5 2016-01-19

English

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

The real cause of action is damages for breach of the implied agreement on the part of the defendant not to do anything to prevent the payment by the purchaser of the purchase money out of which the plaintiff was to receive his commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
OBS

engagement implicite : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 6 2016-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
DEF

A contract not made expressly but created by force of law in circumstances which make the creation of a contract just and reasonable.

CONT

Simple contracts arising independently of agreement, or contracts implied in law, exist in certain cases where an obligation is created by law for the purpose of setting the parties right-where one of them has suffered loss by doing something for the benefit of the other, or where one of them has wrongfully or by accident gained an advantage over the other.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
OBS

contrat de droit : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 7 2015-11-16

English

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

Portion of agreement which relates to particular matter. (Black, 5th, p. 1318)

CONT

It is sometimes difficult to determine whether a statement is a representation inducing the other party to contract, or a term or stipulation of the contract. It is the terms which give content to the parties’ agreement, and questions of whether a contract has been performed or breached commonly depend on ascertainment and interpretation of the terms agreed. Terms may be express, stated in the contract, or imported by reference to some other document where they are set out in full, or implied into the contract, by common law, by custom and usage, by statute, and in some other ways.(Walker, p. 1211)

French

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

clause : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 8 2015-10-27

English

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

It may be argued that because a principal is always under a duty to indemnify his agent(unless there is an agreement to the contrary) wherever there is an agreement to act as an agent there is always consideration moving from the principal, viz, the implied promise to indemnify the agent. If this is so then all instances of agency by agreement are cases of contractual agency.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)

Spanish

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Record 9 2015-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Security
CONT

The Bank, as first chargee, has the right to possession when the chargor is in breach of an agreement, expressed or implied...

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des sûretés
OBS

titulaire de charge de premier rang : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l’accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 10 2015-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Sales (Marketing)
CONT

[An] agency agreement is one by which the agent is authorized to establish privity of contract between his employer, called the principal, and a third party.

CONT

... one party will be regarded as the agent of the other if... there is an agency agreement between the two related persons(either express or implied).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Vente

Spanish

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Record 11 2015-06-11

English

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

When a band forms, the usual intention is to become a successful recording and/or touring act and to make a profit. To accomplish this collective goal, the individual members contribute their time, talents and money. In essence, there is an implied partnership agreement between the band members.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit commercial
  • Droit des contrats (common law)

Spanish

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Record 12 2015-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Business and Administrative Documents

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Écrits commerciaux et administratifs

Spanish

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Record 13 2013-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

In the past we have taken, and we are still committee to, a selective approach to any transition landlord and tenant law might make from property to contract.... The Commission recommends that in The Landlord and Tenant Act, and in these other Acts, the term "lease" should be discarded in favour of the term "tenancy agreement".... The following definition is suggested :"tenancy agreement" means a written, oral or implied agreement between a landlord and a tenant for the possession of premises.(O. L. R. C., Landlord andTenant, p. 7)

French

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

convention de location : 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 14 2013-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

A tenancy at will is a tenancy by which the tenant is in possession of property under an express but more often an implied agreement that the tenancy is determinable at the will of either party.(Anger and Honsberger, 2nd, p. 230)

French

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

Sens courant de «tenancy».

OBS

location à discrétion : 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 15 2013-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

(T) here should be implied in every tenancy agreement a covenant which provides that neither the landlord nor anyone who has derived authority by, from or under him shall do or cause to be done any act which has the effect of interfering with the peaceable possession of the tenant, or the reasonable peace, comfort or privacy of the tenant or members of his household.(Ontario Law Reform Commission, "Report on Landlord and Tenant Law", 1976, p. 96).

French

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

possession paisible : 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 16 2013-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

An implied covenant is one which may reasonably be inferred from whole agreement and circumstances attending its execution.(Black's, 5th ed., 1979, p. 328)

French

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

covenant implicite : 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 17 2013-02-12

English

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

(Implied:) This word is used in law in contrast to "express"; i.e., where the intention in regard to the subject-matter is not manifested by explicit and direct words, but is gathered by implication or necessary deduction from the circumstances, the general language, or the conduct of the parties. (Black, 5th ed., 1979, p. 679)

French

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

Acception courante de «agreement».

OBS

consentement tacite; accord tacite : termes normalisés 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 18 2013-01-09

English

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

Conditions are either express or implied, the former when incorporated in express terms in the deed, contract lease, or grant; the latter, when inferred or presumed by law, from the nature of the transaction or the conduct of the parties, to have been tacitly understood between them as a part of the agreement, though not expressly mentioned.(Black, 5th, p. 265)

French

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

condition expresse : termes normalisés 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 19 2013-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
DEF

An implied condition (or condition in law) is one created by law without any words used by the parties whether the parties had it in their minds at the time or not. (Jowitt, 2nd ed., 1977, p. 410).

OBS

Conditions are either express or implied, the former when incorporated in express terms in the deed, contract lease, or grant; the latter, when inferred or presumed by law, from the nature of the transaction or the conduct of the parties, to have been tacitly understood between them as a part of the agreement, though not expressly mentioned.(Black, 5th, p. 265)

French

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

condition implicite : 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 20 2012-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
DEF

(T) o deliver(personal property) to another under an agreement express or implied that some special purpose be accomplished by the bailee with respect to the property and that at some time the property be returned to the bailor.(Webster's, 1976).

CONT

(M)edieval law had "but a meagre stock of words" to describe dealings with movable goods. The owner was said to bail (bailler) his chattel "whenever and for whatever purpose" he delivered possession of it to another, although in later times bailment was restricted to cases in which there was no transfer of ownership. (Crossley Vaines, 5th ed., 1973, p.71).

French

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

bailler : 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 21 2010-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Treaties and Conventions
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

An act or state of agreeing between parties regarding a course of action.

CONT

Understanding... A general term referring to an agreement, either express or implied, written or oral. The term "understanding" is an ambiguous one; in order to determine whether a particular understanding would constitute a contract that is legally binding on the parties involved, the circumstances must be examined to discover whether a meeting of the minds and an intent to be bound occurred.

OBS

The term "agreement" is a generic one, and other terms are used to designate agreements by the form they take.

OBS

The words "agreement" or "understanding" are often used in commercial or financial matters.

OBS

Reproduced from the Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traités et alliances
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Commerce extérieur
DEF

Acte intervenu entre deux ou plusieurs parties par leur consentement mutuel, destiné à produire des effets de droit, quels qu'en soient les parties, l'objet et la forme [...] etc.

OBS

arrangement : terme employé parfois pour désigner un accord international, en quelque forme qu'il soit intervenu, destiné à régler une situation juridique difficile ou litigieuse.

OBS

entente : terme employé pour désigner un accord intervenu ou à intervenir sur un point déterminé.

OBS

accord : terme employé parfois pour désigner des engagements internationaux de caractère économique, commercial ou financier [...]

OBS

Dans son sens large, «agreement» s'emploie de façon interchangeable avec «understanding». Ces deux termes se rendent en français par divers équivalents, selon l'objet et la forme choisie par les parties.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratados y convenios
  • Derecho de contratos (common law)
  • Comercio exterior
DEF

Declaración escrita o verbal por la que dos o más partes manifiestan su conformidad en asumir determinadas obligaciones y derechos con un objetivo común.

OBS

acuerdo: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

OBS

Reproducido del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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Record 22 2008-09-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
OBS

implied assumption of risk : More radical has been the transformation of the defence(of voluntary assumption of risk) in situations where there is no express agreement to modify the ordinary duty relation between the parties. Nineteenth century theory had readily endorsed the proposition that one who encountered a known danger tacitly assumed the risk of an accident, content to absolve anyone responsible for it even if he turned out to be negligent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)

Spanish

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Record 23 2005-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Trusts (common law)
  • Property Law (common law)
DEF

Power expressed or implied in will or trust agreement permitting the trustee to retain certain or all of the investments comprising the trust property at inception, even though they may not be of a type suitable for new investments made by the trustee.

CONT

Power to retain or purchase as an authorized investment any freehold or leasehold property or any interest or share therein of whatever nature proportion ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des fiducies (common law)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
CONT

[...] le fiduciaire a le pouvoir de conserver en espèces ou de liquider, à son entière discrétion, des éléments d'actif du fonds en fiducie d'un montant suffisant pour acquitter les frais et débours susmentionnés ainsi que les impôts, intérêts ou pénalités qui peuvent être payables au titre de la fiducie établie en vertu des présentes

Spanish

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Record 24 2000-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collective Agreements and Bargaining
  • Labour Law
DEF

The cancellation or setting aside of a collective bargaining agreement or any portion of it. This may be implied in the signing of new contract terms which differ from the preceding agreement or may be spelled out by including a specific clause which sets aside all previous agreements or understanding.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conventions collectives et négociations
  • Droit du travail
DEF

Acte par lequel une partie mettait autrefois fin à une convention collective de travail en avisant l'autre partie de sa décision.

Spanish

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Record 25 1997-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
DEF

An «implied contract» is inferred by the law as a matter of reason and justice from the act or conduct of the parties. An implied contract may arise where one party, without being requested to do so, renders services under circumstances indicating that he or she expects to be paid thereof, and the other party knowing the circumstances, avails himself of the benefit of those services. An implied contract is an agreement which legitimately can be inferred from the intention of the parties as evidenced by circumstances and ordinary course of dealing and common understanding.(Black's Law Dictionary, cited in note 16 of section 5. 16. 5 of the "Guide de la détermination de l'admissibilité").

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi
OBS

Source(s) : Définition du terme «emploi», par. 35(1) du Règlement sur l'assurance-emploi.

Spanish

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