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PAROL AGREEMENT [2 records]

Record 1 2016-01-20

English

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

Under section 4 of the "Statute of Frauds", an action to enforce an agreement for the purchase and sale of land cannot be brought unless the agreement is in writing.... Although the effect of the statute may be that an oral purchase agreement cannot be enforced by one of the parties, the statute does not invalidate an oral agreement. (Anger & Honsberger, 2nd ed., 1985, p. 1086)

French

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

convention orale : 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 2016-01-20

English

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

Not made by deed.

French

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

Faite sans la formalité.

OBS

convention non formaliste : 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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