Law Dictionary

See "Consideration."

Though the result of a conspiracy may be continuing, the conspiracy does not thereby become a continuing one. The statute of limitations runs from the last overt act during the exi

The contempt of this case, although single, was of a continuing nature: each refusal on June 30 continued the witness' defiance of proper authority.

such as accrue from the same injury, or from the repetition of similar acts, between two specified periods of time. Defined under Damages in Black's Law Dictionary.

the term “continuing disability reviews” means continuing disability reviews under sections 221(i) and 1614(a)(4) of the Social Security Act [ 42 U.S.C. 421(i) , 1382c(a)(4)], incl

this being a continuing guarantee, in which the parties contemplated a series of transactions, and as soon as the defendants had received notice of the acceptance, they must necess

a continuing guaranty, if supported at the outset by a sufficient consideration, is a binding contract which is neither revocable by the guarantor nor terminable by his death, alth

The distinction is between restraints that give protection to rights fully accrued upon facts so nearly permanent as to be substantially impervious to change, and those that involv

The expression "continuing injury," as applied to the right to maintain successive actions, means no more than that the case involves a transient injury, where the cause of such in

a concept of continuing jeopardy that has application where criminal proceedings against an accused have not run their full course

An uninterrupted or periodically recurring nuisance; not necessarily a constant or unceasing injury, but a nuisance which occurs so often and is so necessarily an incident of the u

The failure of a levee and sanitary district to provide sufficient outlet for surface water from adjoining land outside the district, so that a tenant of such adjoining land may ha

The existence of wholly contingent obligations, whether contractual or otherwise, is adequate to support the results reached in Douglas v. Willcuts, supra. For in that case it was

When an offence consumes a great length of time in its perpetration, the question often arises whether it is but a single offence or whether it can be split into a number of indict

A continuing offense is a continuous, unlawful act or series of acts set on foot by a single impulse and operated by an unintermittent force, however long a time it may occupy. Whe

when the Government chooses not to condemn land but to bring about a taking by a continuing process of physical events, the owner is not required to resort either to piecemeal or t

The bill shows a continuing trespass of such nature and of such character of injury that remedies at law by actions for damages would be inadequate, and would, besides, entail repe

the enforcement, as distinguished from the execution, of such an agreement as this constitutes a suable unfair labor practice only for six months following the making of the agreem

One which applies to the whole period during which the contract is in force; e. g., an undertaking in a charter-party that a vessel shall continue to be of the same class that she

petitioner is not entitled to a carry-over since the income against which the offset is claimed was not produced by substantially the same businesses which incurred the losses

where, pursuant to a plan, the interest of the stockholders of a corporation continues to be definitely represented in substantial measure in a new or different one, then to the ex

The crucial question to be settled in determining whether personal property or merchandise moving in interstate commerce is subject to local taxation is that of its continuity of t

Uninterrupted; unbroken ; not intermittent or occasional; so persistently repeated at short intervals as to constitute virtually an unbroken series. Black v. Canal Co.., 22 N. J. E

Is interchangeable with the term "uninterrupted adverse use." Davidson v. Nicholson, 59 Ind. 411.

The amount and kind of activities which must be carried on by the foreign corporation in the state of the forum so as to make it reasonable and just to subject the corporation to t

if a party choose to withdraw his application for a patent, and pay the forfeit, intending at the time of such withdrawal to file a new petition, and he accordingly do so, the two

when the plot contemplates bringing to pass a continuous result that will not continue without the continuous co-operation of the conspirators to keep it up, and there is such cont

One consisting of a continuous series of acts, which endures after the period of consummation, as, the offense of carrying concealed weapons. In the case of instantaneous crimes, t

See "Basement." CONTRA (Lat.) Over; against; opposite; per contra, in opposition.

Basements of which the enjoyment is or may be continual, without the necessity of any actual interference by man, as a waterspout or a right of light or air. Washb. Easem. 21. See

One recurring at repeated intervals, so as to be of repeated occurrence; not necessarily an injury that never ceases. Wood v. Sutcliffe, 8 Eng. Law & Eq. 2l7. As to continuous "Cri

with reasonable regularity.

Subject to subparagraph (B), for purposes of this subsection, the term “continuous period of eligibility” means, with respect to a part D eligible individual, the period that begin

The term “continuous vetting” has the meaning given such term in Executive Order No. 13467 ( 50 U.S.C. 3161 note; relating to reforming processes for determining suitability for go

the voyage from London to the blockaded port was, as to cargo, both in law and in the intent of the parties, one voyage; and that the liability to condemnation, if captured during

the term "continuum of care" means a community plan developed to organize and deliver housing and services to meet the specific needs of people who are homeless as they m

Disobedience to the rules or orders of a court, especially a refusal to appear in court when legally summoned; open or persistent contempt

Against; to the contrary.

So also of provisions, they are not, in general, contraband; but if the produce of an enemy's country, and not destined for the ordinary sustenance of human life, but for military

the term "contraband cigarettes" means a quantity in excess of 10,000 cigarettes, which bear no evidence of the payment of applicable State or local cigarette taxes in th

In international law. Goods which neutrals may not carry in time of war to either of the belligerent nations without subjecting themselves to the loss of the goods, and formerly th

The term “contraband oil” means petroleum which, or any constituent part of which, was produced, transported, or withdrawn from storage in excess of the amounts permitted to be pro

the term "contraband smokeless tobacco" means a quantity in excess of 500 single-unit consumer-sized cans or packages of smokeless tobacco, or their equivalent, that are

Against sound morals. \ Contracts which are incentive to crime, or of which the consideration is an obligation or engagement improperly prejudicial to the feelings of a third party

One guilty of crime.

All the elements of a contract met in the transaction,—competent parties, proper subject-matter, sufficient consideration, and consent of minds.

The term “contract acreage” means 1 or more crop acreage bases established for contract commodities under title V of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1461 et seq.) that would

Contract carriage.—The term “contract carriage” means— (A) for transportation provided before January 1, 1996, service provided pursuant to a permit issued under section 10923, as

any person, (other than a common carrier), who or which, under special and individual contracts or agreements, and whether directly or by a lease or any other arrangement, transpor

any person which, under individual contracts or agreements, engages in the transportation (other than transportation referred to in paragraph (d) and the exception therein) by wate

It was decided in this Court on solemn argument and much deliberation, that this provision of the constitution extends to contracts to which a state is a party, as well as to contr

This clause, as its terms disclose, is not directed against all impairment of contract obligations, but only against such as results from a subsequent exertion of the legislative p

It is too well settled to be open to further debate, that where this court is called upon in the exercise of its jurisdiction to decide whether state legislation impairs the obliga

For purposes of this section, the term “contract commencement date” means, with respect to any contract, the first date on which any costs (other than bidding expenses or expenses

The term “contract commodity” means wheat, corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, upland cotton, and rice.

Courts, in the construction of contracts, look to the language employed, the subject-matter, and the surrounding circumstances. They are never shut out from the same light which th

A contract that on its face requires an illegal act, either of the contractor or a third person, no more imposes a liability to damages for nonperformance than it creates an equity

The term “contracted compensation” means the sum of any ingredient cost and dispensing fee for a drug (inclusive of the out-of-pocket costs to the participant or beneficiary), or a

For purposes of this subparagraph, the term “contract for deed” means a seller-financed contract for the conveyance of land under which— (I) legal title does not pass to the purcha

The term “contract for the purchase and sale of residential real property” means any contract or agreement in which one party agrees to purchase an interest in real property on whi

These provisions of law, existing when the corporation applied for leave to enter the state, made the payment required, and received its permit, amounted to a contract that the for

“contract funding base” means the base level from which contract funding needs are determined, including all contract costs; / "contract funding base" means the base leve

The term “contract health service” means any health service that is— (A) delivered based on a referral by, or at the expense of, an Indian health program; and (B) provided by a pub

An implied contract in order to give the Court of Claims or a district court under the Tucker Act jurisdiction to give judgment against the government must be one implied in fact a

The Tucker Act does not give a right of action against the United States in those cases where, if the transaction were between private parties, recovery could be had upon a contrac

a contract made in aid of the late rebellion, or in furtherance and support thereof, is void

The agreement to save the ship and cargo, under the semblance of a condemnation, was not, in itself, an immoral act; it was, as has been truly said, a stratagem which the laws of w

The term “contracting officer” has the meaning given such term in section 2101(1) of title 41. / the term “contracting officer” has the meaning given that term in section 2101(1) o

the type of 'contracting out' involved in this case—the replacement of employees in the existing bargaining unit with those of an independent contractor to do the same work under s

The term “contracting party” means any country that is eligible under article 9 of the agreement and that has complied with the terms of such article. / The term “Contracting Party

both the requesting state and the receiving state.

only such contracts as are in "unreasonable" restraint of trade; and when that term is used in the Federal statute it is not intended to include all contracts in restraint of trade

Abbreviation; abridgment or shortening of a word by omitting a letter or letters or a syllable, with a mark over the place where the elision occurs. This was customary in records w

Larceny is the taking and carrying away of a thing with intent to steal.

See Labor. CONTRACTION (Lat. con, together, traho, to draw). A form of a word abbreviated by the omission of one or more letters. This was formerly much practised, but in modern ti

The term "contract manufacturing organization facility" means a manufacturing facility of a finished dosage form of a drug approved pursuant to an abbreviated new drug ap

“contract market” means a registered entity;

The term “contract mortgagee” means a person or entity under a contract with the Secretary that provides for the assignment of a single-family mortgage from the Secretary to the pe

The statute applies to contracts not wholly to be performed within the year. The possibility of defeasance does not make it the less a contract not to be performed within the year.

The contract of affreightment, like every other contract, is the creature of the will of the contracting parties. It may be varied to infinity, and easily adapted to the exigencies

One benefiting only one of the parties.

A contract made for the benefit of one of the contracting parties only, as a mandate or deposit.

any agreement to perform work, Mr. Oliveira's agreement with New Prime falls within §1's exception.

A contract of insurance, although made with a corporation having its office in a state other than that in which the insured resides and in which the interest insured is located, is

The contract of insurance upon freight is, that the goods shall arrive at the port of delivery notwithstanding the perils insured against; and that, if they fail thus to arrive, an

where parties join together their money, goods, labor, or skill, for the purposes of trade or gain, and where there is a community of profits

A term sometimes applied to a judgment. See 95 N. Y. 428.

when the terms of the sale are agreed on, and the bargain is struck, and everything the seller has to do with the property is complete, the contract of sale becomes absolute betwee

This is a contract of suretyship or guaranty. It is a promise of one person to answer for another person, in consideration of this latter obtaining some trust, confidence or credit

a subcontractor.

The term “contractor bid or proposal information” means any of the following information submitted to a Federal agency as part of or in connection with a bid or proposal to enter i

The term “contractor employee” means an employee of a Management and Operating contractor or subcontractor employee at any tier. / The term "contractor employee" means an

The term “contract or grant school” means an elementary school, secondary school, or dormitory that receives financial assistance for its operation under a contract, grant, or agre

The term “contractor inventory” means— (A) property, in excess of amounts needed to complete full performance, that is acquired by and in possession of a contractor or subcontracto

As used in this subchapter, the term “contractor with the United States” includes any subcontractor or subordinate subcontractor with respect to the contract of such contractor.

The term “contract payment” means a payment made under section 518a or 518b of this title pursuant to a contract. / The term “contract payment” means a payment made under this subc

If what is agreed to be done is possible and lawful, it must be done. Difficulty or improbability of accomplishing the undertaking will not avail the defendant. It must be shown th

The term “contract provision” means any legal obligation between a boxer and a boxing service provider.

We all know that there are cases where a contract may be valid, notwithstanding it is remotely connected with an independent illegal transaction, which, however, it is not designed

The term “contract research expenses” means 65 percent of any amount paid or incurred by the taxpayer to any person (other than an employee of the taxpayer) for qualified research.