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Commutative contracts are those in which what is done, given, or promised by one party is considered as an equivalent to or in consideration of what is done, given, or promised by the other. Civ. Code La. 1701 ; Ridings v. Johnson, 128 U. S. 212, 9 Sup. Ct. 72, 32 L. Ed. 401. Independent… Continue Reading COMMUTATIVE AND INDEPENDENT

In practice. An assembly or board of persons to whom the consideration or management of any matter is committed or referred by some court. Lloyd v. Hart, 2 Pa. 473, 45 Am. Dee. 012; Farrar v. Eastman, 5 Me. 345. An individual or body to whom others have delegated or committed a particular duty, or… Continue Reading COMMITTEE

In English public law. An annual sum granted by parliament, at the commencement of each reign, for the expense of the royal household and establishment, as distinguished from the general exigencies of the state, being a provision made for the crown out of the taxes In lieu of its proper patrimony, and in consideration of… Continue Reading CIVIL LIST

A contract by which an entire ship, or some principal part thereof, is let to a merchant for the conveyance of goods on a determined voyage to one or more places. The Ilarvey and Henry, 86 Fed. 656, 30 C. C. A. 330; The New York (D. C.) 93 Fed. 497; Vandewater v. The Yankee… Continue Reading CHARTER-PARTY

A bargain made by a stranger with one of the parties to a suit, by which such third person undertakes to carry on the litigation at his own cost and risk, in consideration of receiving, if he wins the suit, a part of the land or other subject sought to be recovered by the action.… Continue Reading CHAMPERTY

A base (immoral or illegal) cause or consideration. Causa causae est causa causati. The cause of a cause is the cause of the thing caused. 12 Mod. 039. The cause of the cause is to be considered as the cause of the effect also. Causa causantis, causa est causati. The cause of the thing causing… Continue Reading CAUSA TURPIS

That which produces an effect; whatever moves, impels, or leads. The origin or foundation of a tiling, as of a suit or action; a ground of action. Corning v. Mc- Cullough, 1 N. Y. 47, 49 Am. Dec. 287; State v. Dougherty, 4 Or. 203. The consideration of a contract,- that is, the inducement to… Continue Reading CAUSE

In the civil law. Consideration given and not followed, that is, by the event upon which it was given. The name of an action by which a thing given in the view of a certain event was reclaimed if that event did not take place. Dig. 12, 4; Cod. 4, 6.

the term that is used when a case is thrown out of court without any consideration for trial.

A process or record of research in which detailed consideration is given to the development of a particular person, group, or situation over a period of time.