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Precontract

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PRECONTRACT. An engagement entered into by a person, which renders him unable to enter into another; as a promise or covenant of marriage to be had afterwards. When made per verba de presenti, it is in fact a marriage, and in that case the party making it cannot marry another person.



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8) Findings of this nature would seem to suggest that women would do almost anything for the security of marriage, even if it meant staying in an unhealthy marriage, or with a man who would really rather be married to someone else, as was often the case in multi-party litigation where precontract (bigamy) was the issue at contest.
amp;nbsp;   Because ADM management hedges corn when customers precontract for future delivery, the firm “potentially secured corn for the coming quarters at prices significantly lower than what the current corn markets indicate,” Driscoll says.
31) Additionally, by improving reaction times to provide more time to voluntarily precontract the lower-extremity musculature and make appropriate kinematic adjustments, the patient might be better prepared to reduce knee joint loads during competitive play.
 
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