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INSTALLMENT CONTRACT [6 records]

Record 1 2015-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

... there can be but one action for damages for a total breach of an entire contract to deliver goods, and the fact that they were to be delivered in installment from time to time does not change the general rule.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-09-02

English

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

A claim to enforce a debt arising from a consumer purchase can be filed only in the county or judicial district(1) where the consumer signed the contract,(2) where the consumer resided when the contract was signed,(3) where the consumer resided when the action was filed, and(4) where the goods purchased on installment credit are installed or permanently kept.

CONT

A consumer bill is a bill of exchange issued in respect of a consumer purchase and which the purchaser or any person signing to accommodate the purchaser is liable as a party ...

OBS

Consumer purchase (claim by seller).

PHR

Consumer purchase behaviour, decision, intention.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
CONT

La lettre de consommation est une lettre émise pour un achat de consommation et qui engage, en tant que partie, la responsabilité de l'acheteur ou de tout signataire complaisant.

OBS

Décision d'achat du consommateur - comportement d'achat du consommateur - Intention d'achat du consommateur.

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-07-28

English

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

A conditional sales contract for the sale of real property.

OBS

The seller does not transfer formal title to the property to the buyer until all or a certain number of payments are made.

Key term(s)
  • contract for sale of land
  • conditional sale of real estate
  • contract for land sale
  • land sale

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
Key term(s)
  • convention immobilière

Spanish

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Record 4 1998-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
DEF

Written agreement to pay for goods purchased, in payments of principal and interest at regularly scheduled intervals.

OBS

The Fed also has used ... minor weapons [such as] selective credit controls over installment contracts and consumer credit ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque

Spanish

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Record 5 1998-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Law
DEF

The reclaiming or taking back of items that were bought on an installment sales contract on which the buyer has fallen behind in payments.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit commercial
DEF

Action, pour le vendeur, de reprendre possession d'un bien lorsque l'acheteur n'a pas effectué les versements convenus.

Spanish

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Record 6 1987-01-01

English

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

[Sales finance and consumer loan companies] make direct cash loans to consumers who usually repay principal and interest in installments. They also purchase, at a discount, installment sales contracts from retailers and dealers when such items as new automobiles, appliances or home improvements are bought on installment plans.

French

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

Les sociétés de financement et les sociétés de prêts à la consommation consentent des prêts directs en espèces à leurs clients qui remboursent normalement le capital et l'intérêt par versements échelonnés. Elles achètent également, à escompte, des contrats de vente à tempérament aux détaillants et aux concessionnaires lorsque de nouvelles automobiles, de nouveaux appareils ménagers ou des articles pour la rénovation des maisons sont achetés à tempérament.

Spanish

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