consideration of contract

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• consideration — con·sid·er·a·tion n: something (as an act or forbearance or the promise thereof) done or given by one party for the act or promise of another see also contract compare motive ◇ Except in Louisiana, consideration is a necessary element to the… …   Law dictionary

• contract — con·tract 1 / kän ˌtrakt/ n [Latin contractus from contrahere to draw together, enter into (a relationship or agreement), from com with, together + trahere to draw] 1: an agreement between two or more parties that creates in each party a duty to… …   Law dictionary

• Contract — • The canonical and moralist doctrine on this subject is a development of that contained in the Roman civil law. In civil law, a contract is defined as the union of several persons in a coincident expression of will by which their legal relations …   Catholic encyclopedia

• contract — Noun: A term which is simple in its superficial aspect but actually difficult of succinct definition, since nothing less than the whole body of applicable precedent will suffice for the purpose of definition. Williston, Contracts 3rd ed § 1;… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Consideration in English law — is one of the three main building blocks of a contract. Consideration can be anything of value (such as an item or service), which each party to a legally binding contract must agree to exchange if the contract is to be valid. If only one party… …   Wikipedia

• Consideration under English law — Consideration is one of the three main building blocks of a contract in English contract law. Consideration can be anything of value (such as an item or service), which each party to a legally binding contract must agree to exchange if the… …   Wikipedia

• CONTRACT — (Heb. חוֹזֶה, ḥozeh), in general law theory a legally binding agreement between two or more parties, in terms of which one party undertakes for the benefit of the other to perform or refrain from a certain act. As such, contract is the main… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Consideration (England und Wales) — Consideration bezeichnet im Recht von England und Wales ein Erfordernis für die Einklagbarkeit von Verträgen. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Definition 2 Voraussetzungen 2.1 Angemessenheit 2.2 Erfüllung einer …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• consideration — [kən sid΄ər ā′shən] n. [ME consideracioun < L consideratio] 1. the act of considering; careful thought or attention; deliberation 2. thoughtful or sympathetic regard for others 3. something that is, or should be, considered, as in making a… …   English World dictionary

• Consideration — Con*sid er*a tion (k[o^]n*s[i^]d [ e]r*[=a] sh[u^]n), n. [L. consideratio: cf. F. consid[ e]ration.] 1. The act or process of considering; continuous careful thought; examination; contemplation; deliberation; attention. [1913 Webster] Let us… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Contract Net Protocol — (CNP) is a task sharing protocol in multi agent systems, consisting of a collection of nodes or software agents that form the contract net . Each node on the network can, at different times or for different tasks, be a manager or a contractor.… …   Wikipedia