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exit clausenoun(law) A provision in a legal document or lease allowing a signatory or lessee to terminate the contract legally and usually without penalty under certain circumstances.
testing clausenoun(Scots law) The last clause in a Scottish deed, which narrates when and where the parties signed the deed, before what witnesses, by whose hand written, etc.
sunset clausenoun(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.
tenendumnoun(law) The clause in a deed wherein the tenure of the land is defined and limited.
acceleration clausenoun(law) a provision in a contract that makes all obligations to be performed under the contract due immediately upon a specific occurrence, such as a breach
lettingverb(UK) Synonym of tenancy.
conditionnounA state or quality.
clausenoun(grammar) A group of words that contains a subject and a verb; it may be part of a sentence or may constitute the whole sentence, depending on the syntax in each instance.
escalator clausenoun(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.
hush clausenoun(law) A legal clause that prevents somebody from saying something about a certain topic, person, or organization.
weasel clausenoun(informal) An escape clause; a clause in a legal contract permitting one of the parties to escape ("weasel out of") its obligations under some circumstances.
noncompete clausenoun(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.
operative clausenoun(law) A clause (of a judgment, order, resolution, etc.) which requires anything to be done or not to be done.
shortholdnounA tenancy of this kind.
condition subsequentnoun(law) A condition depending upon an uncertain event which, if fulfilled, brings an end to an obligation or legal transaction.
constructive evictionnoun(law) The breach of a landlord or tenant relationship that occurs when the landlord does not order the tenant to leave the property, but allows the property occupied by the tenant to fall into such poor condition that it is no longer suitable for occupancy.
henry viii clausenoun(Australia, India, New Zealand, UK) A provision in a bill before Parliament, that if enacted as an Act, would enable the Government to amend (including repeal) the Act or other primary legislation by secondary legislation.
rentnounA payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to lease a property.
reddendumnoun(law) A clause in a deed by which some new thing is reserved out of what had been granted before; the clause by which rent is reserved in a lease.
sunset provisionnounSynonym of sunset clause.

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