Article I, Section 10, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, known as the Contract Clause, imposes certain prohibitions on the states. These prohibitions...

ex post facto laws, impair the obligation of contracts, or grant titles of nobility. The Contract Clause was the subject of much contentious litigation...

In contract law, an arbitration clause is a clause in a contract that requires the parties to resolve their disputes through an arbitration process. Although...

Accordingly, many contracts contain a choice of law clause and a forum selection clause to determine the jurisdiction whose system of contract law will govern...

The reserve clause, in North American professional sports, was part of a player contract which stated that the rights to players were retained by the team...

required contract clauses; (v) required-when-applicable contract clauses; and (vi) optional contract clauses." If the FAR requires that a clause be included...

resembles real-estate time-share. A charterparty may contain these clauses. A bunker clause stipulates that the charterer shall accept and pay for all fuel...

In contract law, a forum selection clause (sometimes called a dispute resolution clause, choice of court clause, governing law clause, jurisdiction clause...

NEC3 clause which dealt with the "spirit" of the contract was divided into two clauses, to show that both aspects should be complied with: Clause 10.1:...

Exclusion clauses and limitation clauses are terms in a contract which seek to restrict the rights of the parties to the contract. Traditionally, the...

A break clause is a term in a contract that allows early termination of the contract before the default end date. In accordance with English property law...

A morality clause (also known as a morals clause, bad boy clause or bad girl clause) is a provision within instruments of a contract which curtail, or...

In contract law, an integration clause, merger clause, (sometimes, particularly in the United Kingdom, referred to as an entire agreement clause) is a...

In contract law, a choice of law clause or proper law clause is a term of a contract in which the parties specify that any dispute arising under the contract...

apply. Sometimes, severability clauses will state that some provisions to the contract are so essential to the contract's purpose that if they are illegal...

the free dictionary. In contract law, force majeure (French: [fɔʁs maʒœʁ]; lit. 'major force') is a common clause in contracts which essentially frees...

A Himalaya clause is a contractual provision expressed to be for the benefit of a third party who is not a party to the contract. Although theoretically...

A royal lives clause is a contract clause which provides that a certain right must be exercised within a certain period related to the lifetime of a currently...

In contract law, a non-compete clause (often NCC), restrictive covenant, or covenant not to compete (CNC), is a clause under which one party (usually...

An escape clause is any clause, term, or condition in a contract that allows a party to that contract to avoid having to perform the contract. If an agreement...

opinions for the Court regarding the Contract Clause, slavery, the political question doctrine, and the Commerce Clause. He was promoted as a candidate for...

72-hour clause, typically inserted in real estate sale contracts, is also known as an escape clause, release clause, kick-out clause, hedge clause or right...

An escalation clause is a clause in a lease or contract that allows for a change in the agreed-upon price in response to a specific factor that is outside...

boilerplate clause is a legal English term that is used in conjunction with contract law. When forming contracts, parties to the contract often use templates...

A loss payee clause (or loss payable clause) is a clause in a contract of insurance that provides, in the event of payment being made under the policy...

A yellow-dog contract (a yellow-dog clause of a contract, also known as an ironclad oath) is an agreement between an employer and an employee in which...

law violated the Contract Clause.: 9  He believed that Marshall's interpretation of the Contract Clause, that impairments to contract obligations violated...

contract, an exculpatory clause is a statement that aims to prevent one party from holding the other party liable for damages. An exculpatory clause is...

A take-or-pay contract, or a take-or-pay clause within a contract, is a payment obligation agreed between companies and their suppliers or customers....

A scope clause is part of a contract between a major airline and the trade union of its pilots that limits the number and size of aircraft that may be...