contracts

Scope Note

Conception of contractual relations; agreements, bargains, promises, and their enforceability; consideration; rights, privileges, and powers of contracting parties; procedure in the conclusion of contracts (e.g., presence of witnesses); terms and stipulations; types of contracts (e.g., legal forms, oral agreements, covenants); etc.

Identifier

Broader Term

• 670 law

Related Terms

• 331 construction
• 426 borrowing and lending
• 427 renting and leasing
• 432 buying and selling
• 456 insurance
• 466 labor relations
• 571 social relationships and groups
• 584 arranging a marriage
• 648 external relations
• 686 nonfulfillment of obligations
• 782 prayers and sacrifices