(law) The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark.

(law) A contract set by one party, so that the other party has little or no ability to negotiate more favorable terms and conditions.

(uncountable, law) A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.

(idiomatic, law) A legally enforceable, but incompletely specified, agreement between parties that identifies the fundamental terms that are intended to be or are agreed upon.

A contract to assume another party's obligation to supply a product or service.

(UK, law) A stock short title used for an Act of Parliament that authorises HM Treasury to issue funds out of the consolidated fund, and which also appropriates those funds for particular use.

An agreement.

(law) one to whom rights or property is being transferred

(law) The person or party which makes an assignment.

(law, Internet) A form of clickwrap license where the user must consent to the terms in order to use a website.

A fund or foundation for the maintenance of the needy scholars in their studies.

(software) A license which is implicitly agreed to when the user clicks on a particular user interface element, such as a button or link.

A body with the authority to license copyrighted works and collect royalties on behalf of its members.

(law, obsolete) An agreement between the parties to a fine of land in reference to the manner in which it should pass, being an acknowledgment that the land in question belonged to the complainant. See fine.

The party that consigns.

(law) An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed.

(law) The area of law pertaining to the rights and duties that arise from agreements.

A system for managing contracts.

(law) A party to a contract.

A contractualized employee; One who is hired as a temporary worker, especially one who is hired for a single project.

(law) A legal agreement containing a contract.

Bound by a contract.

One of the parties entering into a contract.

(law) A person who accepts joint responsibility for the debt of another

An incidental clause in an agreement.

(by extension) Any time or event at which responsibility will be assigned.

(taxation) A bilateral treaty between two countries to resolve issues related to double taxation.

Alternative form of impanel [To enrol (jurors), e.g. from a jury pool; to register (the names of jurors) on a "panel" or official list.]

(law) A category of contract used in labor law to attribute right and responsibilities between parties to a bargain.

(law, copyright law) A contract between the manufacturer or copyright holder, also commonly called the licensor, of an end product and a person, commonly called the end user, that specifies the licenses under which the end user may utilize the end product, subject to restrictions as specified in the contract or agreement.

(collectively) A specific set of landmark agreements, signed on April 8, 1904, that resolved a number of long-standing territorial, economic, and strategic points of contention between Britain and France.

(law) A clause in a lease or contract that guarantees a change in the agreement price once a particular factor beyond control of either party affecting the value has been determined.

(law) Initialism of end user license agreement. [(law, copyright law) A contract between the manufacturer or copyright holder, also commonly called the licensor, of an end product and a person, commonly called the end user, that specifies the licenses under which the end user may utilize the end product, subject to restrictions as specified in the contract or agreement.]

(law, postpositive) From a contractual relationship.

(law) The formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect.

A life insurance salesman.

A contract which is valid only for a pre-arranged length of time.

An agreement between two parties, recognising that they have not come to a final agreement on all matters relevant to the relationship between them, but have agreed on enough to move forward with the relationship, with further details to be determined in the future.

(law, former, Britain) A document stating the intent of the parties to enter into a binding agreement as outlined in the document.

(entertainment industry) An agreement made between a studio or network (or other similar entity) and a person, such as an actor, producer or writer, to hold the person to be exclusive to that entity for an agreed upon period of time, usually one year or "season", for an agreed-upon amount of money.

An indentation; a recess.

The person to whom a note or bill is indorsed, or assigned by indorsement.

An agreement or statement signed by usually two countries, usually for legal recognition of a sovereign state governing the land.

(law) A single document executed by two people, so that their property is disposed of identically upon the death of either or both.

(law) An agreement that is legally binding on the parties in some way.

An agreement, specifically a legally binding contract, reached by the parties' exchange of letters.

(Wikimedia jargon, copyright law) The replacement of the license of a copyrighted creative work with a different license, for which the copyright holder has not given their permission.

A single loanword or a multi-word expression borrowed directly from another language.

(law) A document that outlines the legal and factual premises believed by the parties to have been agreed to between them.

(law) A pair of identical documents executed by two people in order to ensure identical dispositions of their property upon the death of either or both.

(Australia, business, law) A form of limited liability that may be used by mining companies, under which the shareholders may pay a company debt by surrendering shares in lieu of money.

(law) a contract distinguished by a particular name, such as sale, insurance, or lease.

(law) A provision within a business agreement or employment contract which stipulates that the contracting party must abstain from competitive practices not in the interests of an identified firm, such as starting a competing business or accepting a job with a competitor, and often extending for a period of time after the termination of the original employment or other business relationship.

(law) A new contract between the original contracting parties whereby the first obligation is extinguished and a new obligation is substituted.

The right to operate an oil well

(international law) An agreement between two or more nations

A pact, an agreement.

An ownership interest or profit-sharing right.

(law, archaic) The first party named in a contract, generally the party agreeing to perform a duty thereunder.

(law, archaic) The second party named in a contract, generally the party to whom a duty is initially owed, and who is obligated to perform in response to the performance of that initial duty.

A series of formal discussions between two or more nation-states or groups of people held to resolve existing conflict between them.

An agreement to end fighting or conflict.

(accounting) In California community property law, a mechanism to deal with community funds and/or labor used to enhance the value of separate property. The original principal amount of the business which is separate property is added to a reasonable rate of return expected from the nature of that business, and the result is considered separate property, while the remaining amount of the business is considered part of the community. This method is preferred when the management of the spouse was the primary cause of the growth or productivity of the business.

A document containing or certifying this contract.

(law) A bond in which the obligor, in consideration of having received a certain sum of money, binds himself to pay a larger sum, on unusual interest, on the death of some specified individual from whom he has expectations.

A contract entered into directly between the client and the contractor (contracted provider of products or services), especially one involving government agencies or bodies, or entities such as educational institutions.

(law) A clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.

(Judaism) A document assigning one's promissory notes to a court for collection, used to evade the sabbatical year's nullification of debts.

A preliminary treaty or contract.

(US, finance) An affidavit stating the purpose for a proposed loan.

(law, historical) An agent authorised by a sheriff to enforce a writ of replevin.

(law) An agreement in which in which one party agrees to supply as much of a good or service as is required by the other party, and in exchange the other party expressly or implicitly promises that it will obtain its goods or services exclusively from the first party.

A formal contract of employment, particularly where the employee has high status, like a company director.

(law) A contractual agreement between parties to actual or potential litigation by which each party agrees to a resolution of the underlying dispute.

The right to enter upon land and make a geophysical survey.

(business) A one-time payment given by a party entering a contractual relationship to another party entering that same contract, as an incentive to finalize the agreement.

(philosophy, politics) An implicit agreement or contract among members of a society governing such matters as submission of individuals to rule of law and acceptable conduct.

(law) A contract or obligation under seal; a contract by deed; a writing, under seal, given as security for a debt particularly specified.

(law) Synonym of nominate contract

One who is subcontracted to perform work.

A grant made by one organisation using funds previously granted to it by another.

A purchaser who buys from another purchaser; one who buys second-hand.

(law) The party acting on behalf of the subrogor in a subrogation.

that receives subsidy.

(law) A provision of a law which says the law or something under it, as an agency or benefit established by it, will come to an end on a particular date or after a particular period of time.

(law) A document signed by both or all of the parties to a contract or bond.

(law) A restraining order which expires at a specified point in time, in particular a restraining order issued prior to an inter partes hearing.

Any of the binding conditions or promises in a legal contract.

The maximum number of terms that a person may legally serve in a particular elected office.

(law) A specification of restrictions for the use of goods or services.

(law) The terms, conditions, or restrictions under which a person, commonly called an end user, may or may not utilize the aspects of a particular service.

(law) The terms, conditions, or restrictions under which a person, commonly called an end user, may or may not utilize the aspects of a particular manufactured object, commonly called the end product.

(law) One of the clauses of an English deed, enumerating the operative words of transfer, statement of consideration, money, etc.

An agreement between nations to engage in trade

Made the subject of a treaty.

(countable, international law) A formal binding agreement concluded by subjects of international law, namely, states and international organizations; a convention, a pact.

(law) An agreement in which an offeror's offer can be accepted only by the performance of an act by the offeree; a "promise for a performance".

(US, law) A document in which someone admits liability for a debt and allows an attorney to admit this in court so that no action will be taken.

(law) An agreement entered into between two parties for the exchange of a current performance by one for a future bequest by the other.

A contract between an employer and a works council specifying conditions of their industry binding the employer and all the workforce for whom the works council has been established.