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  2. Accord and satisfaction - Wikipedia

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    Accord and satisfaction is a settlement of an unliquidated debt. For example, a builder is contracted to build a homeowner a garage for $35,000. The contract called for $17,500 prior to starting construction, to disburse $10,000 during various stages of construction, and to make a final payment of $7,500 at completion.

  3. Contract - Wikipedia

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    The Philippines is a mixed law jurisdiction, shaped primarily by Spanish civil law and American common law as codified in the Philippine Civil Code. The Philippine Civil Code defines a contract as "a meeting of minds between two persons whereby one binds himself, with respect to the other, to give something or to render some service". [222]

  4. Contractual terms in English law - Wikipedia

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    Statute may also declare a term or nature of term to be a condition or warranty; for example the Sale of Goods Act 1979 s15A [5] provides that terms as to title, description, quality and sample (as described in the Act) are conditions save in certain defined circumstances.

  5. Rescission (contract law) - Wikipedia

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    In contract law, rescission is an equitable remedy which allows a contractual party to cancel the contract. Parties may rescind if they are the victims of a vitiating factor, such as misrepresentation, mistake, duress, or undue influence. [1]

  6. Affirmative defense - Wikipedia

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    An affirmative defense to a civil lawsuit or criminal charge is a fact or set of facts other than those alleged by the plaintiff or prosecutor which, if proven by the defendant, defeats or mitigates the legal consequences of the defendant's otherwise unlawful conduct.

  7. Specific performance - Wikipedia

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    Specific performance is an equitable remedy in the law of contract, in which a court issues an order requiring a party to perform a specific act, such as to complete performance of a contract. [1]

  8. Breach of contract - Wikipedia

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    Breach of contract is a legal cause of action and a type of civil wrong, in which a binding agreement or bargained-for exchange is not honored by one or more of the parties to the contract by non-performance or interference with the other party's performance.

  9. Standard form contract - Wikipedia

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    A standard form contract (sometimes referred to as a contract of adhesion, a leonine contract, [a] a take-it-or-leave-it contract, or a boilerplate contract) is a contract between two parties, where the terms and conditions of the contract are set by one of the parties, and the other party has little or no ability to negotiate more favorable terms and is thus placed in a "take it or leave it ...