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DOUBLE AGENCY [1 record]

Record 1 2015-09-30

English

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

...That a broker cannot represent both parties to a contract of sale, in which discretion, judgment, and skill had to be exercised by him, unless they have knowledge of his double capacity, and consent to be so represented, and that a party led unwittingly into a contract by means of such double agency may avoid the contract by methods suitable to the circumstances of the case are propositions not to be denied.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
Key term(s)
  • double mandat

Spanish

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