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IMPLIED CONTRACT [4 records]

Record 1 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 2 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 3 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 4 2009-02-24

English

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

A contract that the parties presumably intended as their tacit understanding, as inferred from their conduct and other circumstances.

French

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

Un seul équivalent a été constaté pour implied contract (3) : « contrat tacite ». Quant à contract implied in fact, nous avons constaté deux équivalents : « contrat tacite » et « contrat implicite de fait ».

Key term(s)
  • contrat tacite de fait

Spanish

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