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2. Stalking horse offer - Wikipedia

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   A stalking horse offer, agreement, or bid is a bid for a bankrupt firm or its assets that is arranged in advance of an auction to act, in effect, as a reserve bid. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The intent is to maximize the value of its assets or avoid low bids, as part of (or before) a court auction .

3. Felthouse v Bindley - Wikipedia

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   He told the man running the auctions, William Bindley, not to sell the horse. But by accident, Bindley did. The uncle, Paul Felthouse, then sued Bindley in the tort of conversion - using someone else's property inconsistently with their rights. But for the uncle to show the horse was his property, he had to show there was a valid contract.

4. Horse trading - Wikipedia

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   Horse trading, in its literal sense, is the buying and selling of horses, also called "horse dealing". Due to the difficulties in evaluating the merits of a horse offered for sale, the sale of horses offered great opportunities for dishonesty, leading to use of the term horse trading (or horsetrading ) as a widespread metaphor for complex ...

5. Contract of sale - Wikipedia

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   In contract law, a contract of sale, sales contract, sales order, or contract for sale [1] is a legal contract for the purchase of assets (goods or property) by a buyer (or purchaser) from a seller (or vendor) for an agreed upon value in money (or money equivalent).

6. R v Pear - Wikipedia

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   At the time, common law was that if the horse was sold after the rental contract had expired, this was larceny since there was no longer a contract in force for possession. [ 1 ] : 947–8 If the renter intended to return the horse, and therefore had legal possession (custody) then was forced to sell it because of unforeseen circumstances, this ...

7. Forward contract - Wikipedia

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   Continuing on the example above, suppose now that the initial price of Alice's house is $100,000 and that Bob enters into a forward contract to buy the house one year from today. But since Alice knows that she can immediately sell for $100,000 and place the proceeds in the bank, she wants to be compensated for the delayed sale. Suppose that the ...