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Guillotine clause

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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.
cognovit clausenounA provision of a contract in which a debtor concedes to jurisdiction in certain courts, waives notice agreements, and in case of a default or breach grants an adverse judgment.
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
conditionnounA state or quality.
adhesion contractnoun(law) A contract set by one party, so that the other party has little or no ability to negotiate more favorable terms and conditions.
contractnounAn agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement.
operative clausenoun(law) A clause (of a judgment, order, resolution, etc.) which requires anything to be done or not to be done.
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.
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.
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.
covenantnounA pact or binding agreement between two or more parties.
subclausenoun(grammar) A subordinate clause.
termnounThat which limits the extent of anything; limit, extremity, bound, boundary, terminus.
derogatory clausenoun(law) A secret clause inserted into a testament and known by the testator alone, with a condition that no will made thereafter will be valid unless the same clause is inserted word for word (to guard against later wills extorted by violence, etc).
non-competenoun(law) Describing a contractual clause that prevents a person or company from competing with another, especially with a former employer or partner.
syngraphnoun(law) A document signed by both or all of the parties to a contract or bond.
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.
forum selection clausenounA contractual provision determining the territorial (or less often only international, or subject matter) jurisdiction for a legal dispute concerning a concrete legal relationship.
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.
heads of agreementnoun(law, former, British) A document stating the intent of the parties to enter into a binding agreement as outlined in the document.

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