Contracts

Contracts

Contracts of all sorts.

Industry: Law; Real estate

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Record drawings

Law; Contracts

Revised set of drawing submitted by a contractor upon completion of a project or a particular job. They reflect all changes made in the specifications and working drawings during the construction ...

Request for information (RFI)

Law; Contracts

Request made typically during the project planning phase where a buyer cannot clearly identify product requirements, specifications, and purchase options. RFIs clearly indicate that award of a ...

Repudiation

Law; Contracts

Act, intention, or threat of disowning or rejection of an agreement already accepted or agreed to. Repudiation amounts to a breach of contract where the refusal to perform is clear or patent, and ...

Legal termination of a contract due to unforeseen circumstances that (1) prevent achievement of its objectives, (2) render its performance illegal, or (3) make it practically impossible to execute. ...

Freelance

Law; Contracts

Working on a contract basis for a variety of companies, as opposed to working as an employee for a single company. Freelancers are often considered to be self-employed, and have the freedom to pick ...

Fraudulent concealment

Law; Contracts

Deliberate hiding, non-disclosure, or suppression of a material fact or circumstance (which one is legally or morally bound to reveal) with intent to deceive or defraud in a contractual arrangement. ...

Freedom of contract

Law; Contracts

Right of an adult to make a legally binding mutual agreement with one or more other persons, without governmental interference as to what type of obligations he or she can take upon himself or ...