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VALIDITY CONTRACT [8 records]

Record 1 2024-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Laws and Legal Documents
DEF

A condition, stipulation, limitation, or provision which is inserted in a deed, lease, mortgage or contract, and on the performance or nonperformance of which the validity of the instrument frequently depends; it usually begins with the word "provided".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lois et documents juridiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Leyes y documentos jurídicos
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Record 2 2015-09-18

English

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

Nothing in this Act affects... b) the validity of any contract of sale under any special common law or statutory power of sale or under the order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des sûretés
OBS

pouvoir de vente d'origine législative : 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 2015-05-26

English

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

In all these instances the defect which renders the contract invalid, or may have that result, relates to the formation of the contract. Validity, or reality of consent, capacity to contract, and the attainment of certainty in contracting, pertain to the essentiel elements of a properly formed contract.

PHR

Formally invalid contract.

French

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

Contrat formellement invalide.

Spanish

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Record 4 2013-05-03

English

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

A condition, stipulation, limitation, or provision which is inserted in a deed, lease, mortgage, or contract, and on the performance or non performance of which the validity of the instrument frequently depends; it usually begins with the word "provided". A clause or part of a clause in a statute, the office of which is either to except something from the enacting clause, or to qualify or restrain its generality, or to exclude some possible ground of misinterpretation of its extent.(Black's, 5th ed., 1979, p. 1152).

CONT

It is said that "the terms ’proviso’ and ’condition’ are synonymous, and signify some quality annexed to a real estate, by virtue of which it may be defeated, enlarged, or created, upon an uncertain event". That proposition is probably true when real estate is the subject-matter; but "proviso" and "condition" can hardly be regarded as convertible terms for all purposes. (Stroud’s, 4th ed.,1971, p. 2172).

French

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

Si le contexte le permet, le terme français «clause restrictive» ou «clause limitative» peut également convenir pour rendre la notion en cause.

OBS

disposition restrictive : 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 5 2007-01-11

English

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

Agreement restricting the validity or scope of a contract. Normally this would be applied to geographic zones, types of commercial channel, or clients or products that are specified in the contract.

OBS

limiting clause: term and definition reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Pratiques restrictives (Droit)
DEF

Disposition dans un contrat qui limite la période de validité des accords ou son contenu. Cette clause s'utilise pour certaines régions, réseaux de distribution, certains clients ou produits spécifiés dans le contrat.

OBS

clause restrictive : terme et définition extraits du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduits avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de contratos (common law)
  • Prácticas restrictivas (Derecho)
DEF

En un contrato, disposición que limita la validez o el alcance de lo acordado. Normalmente se aplica a zonas geográficas, tipos de canal de comercialización o clientes y productos que se especifican en el propio contrato.

OBS

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

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Record 6 1998-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
DEF

In order to ensure the validity of a contract, some consideration must be given and received. Any consideration which is less than the real consideration value is but nominal and therefore adequate for the purposes of the contract. [Klein, Gerald. Dictionary of Banking. Pitman Publishing, 1995].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque

Spanish

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Record 7 1988-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insurance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurances

Spanish

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Record 8 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collective Agreements and Bargaining
OBS

--a contractual clause in an employer-union agreement protecting the validity of the remaining parts of the contract in the event that any part of the contract may be declared illegal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conventions collectives et négociations
OBS

--clause d'une convention collective prévoyant que, en cas d'invalidité d'une de ses parties, le reste du contrat continue à être valable.

Spanish

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