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  2. Peppercorn (law) - Wikipedia

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    For example, since real estate contracts are generally matters of public record, the purchaser of a house may not wish to list the exact amount of the payment on the contract. But there must be some specific payment listed in the contract, or the contract will be considered void for lack of consideration. So the contract may be written to ...

  3. Option contract - Wikipedia

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    The consideration for this option contract is discussed in comment d of the above cited section. Basically, the consideration is provided by the promisee's beginning of performance. Case law differs from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, but an option contract can either be implicitly created instantaneously at the beginning of performance (the ...

  4. Consideration in English law - Wikipedia

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    The promisee may provide consideration to a third party, if this is agreed at the time the parties contracted. [10] The offeree must provide consideration, although the consideration does not have to flow to the offeror. For example, it is good consideration for person A to pay person C in return for services rendered by person B.

  5. Consideration - Wikipedia

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    Consideration must be an act, abstinence or forbearance or a returned promise. Consideration may be past, present or future. Past consideration is not consideration according to English law. However it is a consideration as per Indian law. Example of past consideration is, A renders some service to B at latter's desire.

  6. M21-1 Adjudication Procedures Manual - Wikipedia

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    The M21-1 Adjudication Procedures Manual does not constitute law, in contrast to statutes, federal regulations, and federal case law.The Department of Veterans Affairs has stated, “[t]he M21-1 is an internal manual used to convey guidance to VA adjudicators.

  7. Retention period - Wikipedia

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    A retention period (associated with a retention schedule or retention program) is an aspect of records and information management (RIM) and the records life cycle that identifies the duration of time for which the information should be maintained or "retained", irrespective of format (paper, electronic, or other). Retention periods vary with ...

  8. Cooling-off period - Wikipedia

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    Cooling-off period (consumer rights), a period of time during which the purchaser may cancel a purchase; Quiet period, the time which a company making an IPO must be silent about it, so as not to inflate the value of the stock artificially; Standstill period, the time to allow unsuccessful bidders to challenge the decision before a contract is ...

  9. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals - Wikipedia

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    Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is a United States immigration policy that allows some individuals who, on June 15, 2012, were physically present in the United States with no lawful immigration status after having entered the country as children at least five years earlier, to receive a renewable two-year period of deferred action ...