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Implied contract

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-002516

An agreement created by the actions, conduct, or circumstances of the parties, rather than by their express words. The law infers the existence of a contract from the behavior of the parties, indicating a mutual intention to contract. For instance, when a person receives services and does not object, an implied contract to pay for those services may arise.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-002516
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "term": "Implied contract",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "An agreement created by the actions, conduct, or circumstances of the parties, rather than by their express words. The law infers the existence of a contract from the behavior of the parties, indicating a mutual intention to contract. For instance, when a person receives services and does not object, an implied contract to pay for those services may arise.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/implied-contract/"
}

Record 2,436 of 5,441 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.