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Real estate

Of or pertaining to property of land and the buildings on it. This also includes any minerals, crops, or any other natural resource. The business of real estate is the buying, selling, or renting property.

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agent ad litem

Law; Contracts

Party (the agent) appointed by another party (the principal) to represent its interests in a court case where the principal cannot be present.

agreement

Law; Contracts

A negotiated and usually legally enforceable understanding between two or more legally competent parties. Although a binding contract can (and often does) result from an ...

agreement of sale

Law; Contracts

An alternative term for contract of sale.

aleatory contract

Law; Contracts

Type of contract (1) whose execution or performance depends on a contingency or an uncertain (random) event beyond the control of either party, and/or (2) under which the sums ...

allonge

Law; Contracts

Slip of paper attached to a negotiable instrument (or contract) to receive additional endorsements (or signatures) after the space provided in the original document is filled. ...

alteration

Law; Contracts

1. General: Change that does not affect the basic character or structure of the thing it is applied to. See also modification and alteration. 2. Legal: Change made to a legal ...

alternative contract

Law; Contracts

Type of contract that can be executed or performed in more than one ways, the performing party usually having the discretion to choose. Opposite of certain contract.