breach of contract | a breach of a legal duty, failure to do something that is required in a contract |
breach of duty | a breach of due care |
contract killing | a murder carried out on agreement with a hired killer |
contract contract bridge | a variety of bridge in which the bidder receives points toward game only for the number of tricks he bid |
duty | work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons, the duties of the job |
assignment duty assignment | a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces), hazardous duty |
guard duty guard sentry duty sentry go | the duty of serving as a sentry, he was on guard that night |
fatigue duty fatigue | labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on), the soldiers were put on fatigue to teach them a lesson, they were assigned to kitchen fatigues |
sea-duty service abroad shipboard duty | naval service aboard a ship at sea |
shore duty | naval service at land bases |
neglect of duty | (law) breach of a duty |
point duty | the control of traffic by a policeman stationed at an intersection |
duty responsibility obligation | the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force, we must instill a sense of duty in our children, every right implies a responsibility, every opportunity, an obligation, every possession, a duty- John D.Rockefeller Jr |
civic duty civic responsibility | the responsibilities of a citizen |
jury duty | the civic duty to serve on a jury |
filial duty | duty of a child to its parents |
legal duty | acts which the law requires be done or forborne |
fiduciary duty | the legal duty of a fiduciary to act in the best interests of the beneficiary |
line of duty | all that is normally required in some area of responsibility |
contract law | that branch of jurisprudence that studies the rights and obligations of parties entering into contracts |
futures contract | an agreement to buy or sell a specific amount of a commodity or financial instrument at a particular price on a stipulated future date, the contract can be sold before the settlement date |
contract | a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law |
adhesion contract contract of adhesion | a contract that heavily restricts one party while leaving the other free (as some standard form printed contracts), implies inequality in bargaining power |
aleatory contract | a contract whose performance by one party depends on the occurrence of an uncertain contingent event (but if it is contingent on the outcome of a wager it is not enforceable) |
bilateral contract | a contract involving mutual promises (each party is both promisor and promisee) |
conditional contract | a contract whose performance depends on a fact or event that affects legal relations |
cost-plus contract | a contract in which the contractor is paid his total cost plus a stated percentage of profit |
gambling contract | a contract whose performance by one party is contingent on the outcome of a bet, unenforceable by statute in most jurisdictions |
marriage contract marriage settlement | a prenuptial agreement or contract |
output contract | a contract in which you promise to deliver your entire output to the other party who promises to accept it |
purchase contract purchase agreement | a contract stating the terms of a purchase |
quasi contract | a contract created by law for reasons of justice without any expression of assent |
requirements contract | a contract in which you agree to purchase all your requirements of a particular sort from one party |
sealed instrument contract under seal special contract | a contract that is signed and has the (wax) seal of the signer attached |
service contract | a contract for maintenance services |
severable contract | a contract which, in the event of a breach by one of the parties, can be considered as several independent agreements expressed in a single instrument |
unilateral contract | a one-sided agreement whereby you promise to do (or refrain from doing) something in return for a performance (not a promise) |
labor contract labor agreement collective agreement | contract between labor and management governing wages and benefits and working conditions |
yellow-dog contract | a labor contract (now illegal) whereby the employee agrees not to join a trade union |
employment contract employment agreement | contract between employer and employee |
sale in gross contract of hazard | a sale of a tract of land as a whole without a warranty as to the acreage |
contract declaration | (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make |
oral contract | an agreement that is not in writing and is not signed by the parties but is a real existing contract that lacks only the formal requirement of a memorandum to render it enforceable in litigation |
contract offer | offer by an employer to contract to pay an employee at a given rate |
sense of shame sense of duty | a motivating awareness of ethical responsibility |
inheritance tax estate tax death tax death duty | a tax on the estate of the deceased person |
stamp tax stamp duty | a tax collected by requiring a stamp to be purchased and attached (usually on documents or publications) |
duty tariff | a government tax on imports or exports, they signed a treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries |
customs customs duty custom impost | money collected under a tariff |
tonnage tunnage tonnage duty | a tax imposed on ships that enter the US, based on the tonnage of the ship |