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Dependent contract
Dependent contractOne which it is not the duty of the contractor to perform, until some obligation contained in the same agreement has been performed by the other party. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Contractor One who enters into a contract this term is usually applied to persons who undertake to do public work, or the work for a company or corporation on a large scale, at a certain fixed price, or to furnish goods to another at a fixed or ascertained price. Obligation In its general and most extensive sense, obligation is synony- mous with duty. In a more technical meaning, it is a tie which binds us to pay or to do something agreeably to the laws and customs of the country in which the obligation is made. Agreement A verbal or written resolution of disputes. Party Practice, contracts. When applied to practice, by party is understood either the plaintiff or defendant. In contracts, a party is one or more persons who engage to perform or receive the performance of some agreement. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- Depecage A French term referring to the application to a conflict of laws problem of different laws, each of which is properly applicable to a different legal issues arising in the problem. Dependency A territory distinct from the country in which the supreme sovereign, power resides, but belonging rightfully to it, and subject to the laws and regulations which the sovereign may think proper to prescribe. Dependent One who derives existence and support from another. PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Departure Maritime law. A deviation from the course of the voyage insured. Departure under safeguards The departure of an illegal alien from the United States which is physically observed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official. Depecage A French term referring to the application to a conflict of laws problem of different laws, each of which is properly applicable to a different legal issues arising in the problem. Dependency A territory distinct from the country in which the supreme sovereign, power resides, but belonging rightfully to it, and subject to the laws and regulations which the sovereign may think proper to prescribe. Dependent One who derives existence and support from another. Dependent contract Deponent Witness. One who gives information, on oath or affirmation, respecting some facts known to him, before a magistrate he who makes a deposition. Depopulation In its most proper signification, is the destruction of the people of a country or place. Deportable alien An alien in and admitted to the United States subject to any grounds of removal specified in the Immigration and Nationality Act. This includes any alien illegally in the United States, regardless of whether the alien entered the country by fraud or misrepresentation or entered legally but subsequently violated the terms of his or her nonimmigrant classification or status. Deportation Civil law. Among the Romans a perpetual banishment, depriving the banished of his rights as a citizen; it differed from relegation and exile. Deposition Ecclesiastical. law. The act of depriving a clergyman, by a competent tribunal, of his clerical orders, to punish him for some offence, and to prevent his acting in future in his clerical character. We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Dependent contract. If you have a better definition for Dependent contract than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Dependent contract may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Dependent contract and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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