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Unconscionable Contracts: An agreement that is so unfair and one-sided that the courts will refuse to honor it.

Options Contracts: A contract traded on a commodity futures exchange that gives the buyer the right without obligation to buy or sell a futures contract over a specified time period. The FAIR Act of 1996 requi . . . View Full Definition

Set Of Contracts Perspective: View of corporation as a set of contracting relationships among individuals who have conflicting objectives, such as shareholders or managers. The corporation is a legal construct that serve . . . View Full Definition

Open Contracts: Contracts that have been bought or sold without completion of the transaction by subsequent sale or purchase, or by making or taking actual delivery of the financial instrument or physical commodity.

Nexus (Of Contracts): A set or collection of something.

Conditional Sales Contracts: A protective guarantee that, in the event a hign yield bond is called, the issuing corporation will replace the bond with a noncallable bond of the same life and terms as the bond that is be . . . View Full Definition

Land Management Services Contracts: A proposed national forest timber sale contract where purchasers would be required to perform activities, other than those directly related to timber cutting and removal, in or near the sale . . . View Full Definition

Cash Settlement Contracts: Transaction in which a contract is settled on the same day as the trade date, or the next day if the trade occurs after 2:30 p.m. EST and the parties agree to this procedure. Often occurs be . . . View Full Definition