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  2. Consideration under American law - Wikipedia

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    The promise must be real and unconditional. This doctrine rarely invalidates contracts; it is a fundamental doctrine in contract law that courts should try to enforce contracts whenever possible. Accordingly, courts will often read implied-in-fact or implied-in-law terms into the contract, placing duties on the promisor.

  3. Contract Clause - Wikipedia

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    The kind of contract modification performed by the law in question was arguably similar to the kind that the Framers intended to prohibit, but the Supreme Court held that this law was a valid exercise of the state's police power, and that the temporary nature of the contract modification and the emergency of the situation justified the law. [21]

  4. California Child Actor's Bill - Wikipedia

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    As it stands, money earned and accumulated under a contract under the code remains the sole legal property of the minor child. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The law requires a child actor's employer to set aside 15% of the earnings in a trust (often called a Coogan Account) and codifies issues such as schooling, work hours, and time off.

  5. Indentured servitude - Wikipedia

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    The contract was for five years with pay of ₹8 (12¢ US) [citation needed] per month and rations provided labourers had been transported from Pondicherry and Karaikal. The first attempt at importing Indian labour into Mauritius , in 1829, ended in failure, but by 1834, with abolition of slavery throughout most of the British Empire ...

  6. Slave breeding in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Abolitionism. U.K. U.S. Brussels Anti-Slavery Conference 1889–90; Temporary Slavery Commission; 1926 Slavery Convention; Committee of Experts on Slavery

  7. Contract - Wikipedia

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    A contract is implied in fact if the circumstances imply that parties have reached an agreement even though they have not done so expressly. For example, if a patient refuses to pay after being examined by a doctor, the patient has breached a contract implied in fact. A contract which is implied in law is sometimes called a quasi-contract.

  8. Sister Wives' Paedon: Kody Wanted TLC Contracts to ... - AOL

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    Inside Kody Brown's Ups and Downs With His 18 Kids: Paedon, Ysabel and More Read article The 24-year-old opened up about his experience in the plural family during an interview with YouTuber John ...

  9. Verdingkinder - Wikipedia

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    A child slicing Swiss chard leaves prior to drying them on the stove or sun drier, Switzerland, 1917. Verdingkinder, Verdingsbuben, "contract children", [1] or "indentured child laborers" [2] were children in Switzerland who were removed from their families by the authorities due to poverty or moral reasons (e.g. the mother being unmarried, very poor, of Yenish origin, neglect, etc.), and ...