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  2. Consent decree - Wikipedia

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    The process of introducing a consent decree begins with negotiation. [5] One of three things happens: a lawsuit is filed and the parties concerned reach an agreement prior to adjudication of the contested issues; a lawsuit is filed and actively contested, and the parties reach an agreement after the court has ruled on some issues; or the parties settle their dispute prior to the filing of a ...

  3. Specific Relief Act 1963 - Wikipedia

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    These documents ought to be cancelled. Chapter V provides relief from such kinds of documents. Also, there is a category of contracts which, for some reason or the other (e.g. lack of free consent) can be deemed voidable by the party which consent was not free. This party has the right to have the contract rescinded.

  4. Settlement (litigation) - Wikipedia

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    A "global settlement" is one employed where suits have been filed or charges brought in multiple jurisdictions and is defined as "a legal agreement that addresses or compromises both civil claims and criminal charges against a corporation or other large entity". [4]

  5. What is a consent decree? How they work and how it has ... - AOL

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    The Courier Journal wrote about the possibilities of the consent decree happening if it is not agreed on before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

  6. Alternative dispute resolution - Wikipedia

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    Parties may even submit suggestions for the settlement of the dispute to the conciliator. When it appears to the conciliator that elements of settlement exist, he may draw up the terms of the settlement and send it to the parties for their acceptance. If both the parties sign the settlement document, it shall be final and binding on both.

  7. Division of property - Wikipedia

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    The Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act §307 (UMDA §307) [3] also allows for the equitable distribution of property and lists factors the court should consider, e.g. "the duration of the marriage, and prior marriage of either party, antenuptial agreement of the parties [which is the same as a prenuptial agreement or premarital agreement], the ...

  8. United States contract law - Wikipedia

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    An acceptance is an agreement, by express act or implied from conduct, to the terms of an offer, including the prescribed manner of acceptance, so that an enforceable contract is formed. [ 2 ] In what is known as a battle of the forms , when the process of offer and acceptance is not followed, it is still possible to have an enforceable ...

  9. Assignment (law) - Wikipedia

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    An assignment does not necessarily have to be made in writing; however, the assignment agreement must show an intent to transfer rights. The effect of a valid assignment is to extinguish privity (in other words, contractual relationship, including right to sue) between the assignor and the third-party obligor and create privity between the obligor and the assignee.