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  2. Abandonment (legal) - Wikipedia

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    The abandonment of a military unit by a soldier, a Marine, or an airman; or of a ship or a naval base by a sailor; can be called desertion; and being away from one's assigned location for a significant length of time can be called "Away Without Leave", "Absent Without Leave", or "Dereliction of duty". However, the term "Dereliction of Duty ...

  3. Consideration under American law - Wikipedia

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    Consideration is the price one pays for another's promise. It can take a number of forms: money, property, a promise, the doing of an act, or even refraining from doing an act. In broad terms, if one agrees to do something he was not otherwise legally obligated to do, it may be said that he has given consideration.

  4. Lease and release - Wikipedia

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    A lease, in fact being a bargain and sale upon some pecuniary consideration for one year or some other nominal term, is made by the bargainor of a whole freehold (with no fetter on alienation) to a lessee who is in fact the bargainee (buyer), "by the force of the Statute made for transferring Uses into possession". This, without any enrolment ...

  5. 'No recourse available': Confusion spreads at Education ... - AOL

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    “Let’s say I accept tomorrow, and you rescind the agreement, fire me, and stop paying me on Friday,” one employee asked. “I, or anyone who accepts this program, would have no recourse ...

  6. Rescission (contract law) - Wikipedia

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    Secondly, where a party is faced with a repudiation, the party can elect to terminate the contract; this too has often been referred to as an election to rescind. "Rescission" at common law . Rescission at common law (as distinct from rescission in equity ) is a self-help remedy: historically, the common law courts simply gave effect to the ...

  7. More Americans are renouncing their citizenship: Here’s who ...

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    Others do so as a reaction to U.S. “double taxation,” or the fact that the U.S. is one of the only countries that taxes citizens no matter where they live in the world. Though few Americans ...

  8. Drake Withdraws Legal Petition Accusing Spotify and Universal ...

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    Drake has withdrawn his petition against Spotify and Universal Music Group after accusing the entities of launching an illegal “scheme” to boost numbers for Kendrick Lamar’s hit diss track ...

  9. United States contract law - Wikipedia

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    One bushel of grain being exchanged for 100 bushels of the same grain would not be sufficient consideration. Past acts cannot constitute consideration. For example, an employer lays off an employee but promises to give him a pension in exchange for his long and faithful service to the company.