A contract is an agreement between parties, creating mutual obligations that are enforceable by law. The basic elements required for the agreement to be a legally enforceable contract are: mutual assent, expressed by a valid offer and...
property law
contract zoning
Contract zoning is making a deal with a governing body to be granted exemptions to a zoning code. It was originally considered illegal, but the concept has evolved into two versions.
The first is legitimate conditional use...
contractual lien
A contractual lien is a name for a category of liens that stem from contracts and do not depend on the common law or statutes for their existence. A contractual lien is essentially a contract that gives a security interest in property to one...
contributory infringement
Overview
Contributory infringement is a form of secondary liability for direct infringement of a patent, copyright, or trademark. It is a means by which a person may be held liable for infringement even though they did not actually engage in...
conversion
Conversion is an intentional tort which occurs when a party takes the chattel property of another with the intent to deprive them of it. Conversion is not applicable to real property.
For the purposes of conversion, “intent...
convey
To convey is to make a transfer of a property interest to another individual by either sale or gift. This transaction is known as a conveyance.
The standard way to convey a property interest is through a deed. The party who...
cooperative
A cooperative, often called a co-op, is any association of members of a similar profession or industry that work together to process, prepare, market, handle products and supplies. A cooperative operates for the benefits of its members by...
copy
A copy means an imitation or reproduction or duplicate of an original. Some common usesof the term “copy” in a legal sense include:
In the context of copyright law, cases such as this one from the Ninth Circuit, explain that “copy” for...copyright
Copyright is the exclusive legal right to reproduce, publish, sell, or distribute the matter and form of something.
Overview - U.S. Copyright ActThe U.S. Copyright Act, (codified at 17 U.S.C. §§ 101 - 810), is federal...
copyright and patent power
Copyright and patent powers refers to the federal government’s ability under Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the Constitution to create and control a federal copyright and patent system. Under this clause, Congress may "promote the Progress...