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  2. United States contract law - Wikipedia

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    Contracts implied in fact are ones that the parties involved presumably intended. In contracts implied in law, one party may have been completely unwilling to participate, as shown below, especially for an action in restitution. There has been no mutual assent, in other words, but public policy essentially requires a remedy.

  3. Real estate contract - Wikipedia

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    A real estate contract typically does not convey or transfer ownership of real estate by itself. A different document called a deed is used to convey real estate. In a real estate contract, the type of deed to be used to convey the real estate may be specified, such as a warranty deed or a quitclaim deed. If a deed type is not specifically ...

  4. Concession (contract) - Wikipedia

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    Other forms of contracts between public and private entities, namely lease contract and management contract (in the water sector often called by the French term affermage), are closely related but differ from a concession in the rights of the operator and its remuneration. A lease gives a company the right to operate and maintain a public ...

  5. Public policy doctrine - Wikipedia

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    In private international law, the public policy doctrine or ordre public (French: lit. "public order") concerns the body of principles that underpin the operation of legal systems in each state. This addresses the social, moral and economic values that tie a society together: values that vary in different cultures and change over time.

  6. Peppercorn (law) - Wikipedia

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    For example, since real estate contracts are generally matters of public record, the purchaser of a house may not wish to list the exact amount of the payment on the contract. But there must be some specific payment listed in the contract, or the contract will be considered void for lack of consideration. So the contract may be written to ...

  7. Ministerial act - Wikipedia

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    the entry of an order of the court by a clerk of the court, [3] notarization (acknowledgement) by a notary public, [4] mechanical processing of an income tax return [5] determining the existence of facts and applying them as required by law, without any discretion [6] issuance of a building permit [7] approval of a subdivision real estate [8]

  8. Merger doctrine (property law) - Wikipedia

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    The merger also refers to the doctrine whereby "a fee simple estate, once fragmented into present and future interests, can thereafter be reconstituted. 'Merger is the absorption of a lesser estate by a greater estate, and takes place when two distinct estates of greater and lesser rank meet in the same person or class of persons at the same time without any intermediate estate.' "[1 ...

  9. Purchase and sale agreement - Wikipedia

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    A purchase and sale agreement (PSA), also called a sales and purchase agreement (SPA) [1] or an agreement for purchase and sale (APS), [2] is an agreement between a buyer and a seller of real estate property, company stock, or other assets.