: existing, occurring, or originating during the same time social and political events that were contemporaneous with each other.

In the religion of ancient Rome, a haruspex (plural haruspices; also called aruspex) was a person trained to practice a form of divination called haruspicy (haruspicina), the inspection of the entrails (exta—hence also extispicy (extispicium)) of sacrificed animals, especially the livers of sacrificed sheep and poultry …

Extispicy is the practice of using anomalies in animal entrails to predict or divine future events. Organs inspected include the liver, intestines, and lungs. Commonly, the majority of the divination was wrought from viewing the intestines and the liver.

It is a principle of English law that the actus reus and mens rea must coincide. That is they must happen at the same time. This is sometimes referred to as the contemporaneity rule or the coincidence of actus reus and mens rea.

In law, a condition subsequent is an event, or state of affairs, whose occurrence is automatically construed to terminate the obligation of one party to the other. …

A clause is a true condition precedent if the satisfaction of the condition within the clause is dependent on a future uncertain event, the happening of which depends entirely on the will of a third party.

In a contract, a condition precedent is an event that must occur before the parties are obligated to perform. For example, an insurance contract may require the insurer to pay to rebuild the customer’s home if it is destroyed by fire during the policy period. The fire is a condition precedent.

A condition precedent is one the fulfillment of which completes an inchoate title. A condition subsequent is one of the fulfillment of which extinguishes a title already completed. A condition precedent always comes before the creation of an interest.

Types of Conditions Conditions precedent, conditions concurrent, and conditions subsequent are types of conditions that are commonly found in contracts. A condition precedent is an event that must exist as a fact before the promisor incurs any liability pursuant to it.

What is a Condition Precedent? A condition precedent is a legal term describing a condition or event that must come to pass before a specific contract is considered in effect or any obligations are expected of either party.

The fact that the conduct or action of a third party is involved in the proper performance of a condition does not on that ground alone make it a “true condition precedent” which cannot be waived.

A condition precedent is an event that must occur before a contract can be fulfilled. Lenders will often require that borrowers provide certain documents and/or information (such as the company’s constitutional documents or current financial information) before they will make funds available.

A condition in law is a future, unforeseeable event that will cause certain rights under a contract to be destroyed, created, or expanded upon.

1A. What is a condition precedent, and how does it affect a party’s duty to perform a contract? A condition is a possible future event, the occurrence or nonoccurrence of which will trigger the performance of a legal obligation or terminate an existing obligation under a contract.

If the parties agreed to a condition precedent, the plaintiff has the burden to prove the condition happened, and hence that the defendent was obligated to perform. But with a condition subsequent, it is the defendent who must prove that the condition occured, relieving him of any obligation.

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Which of the following is the best description of the Statute of Frauds? Only written contracts are enforceable. All written contracts must have definite and certain terms. Only certain types of contracts need to be in writing.

These exceptions are admission, performance, and promissory estoppel. Admission means that an oral contract can be enforced without meeting the requirements of a statute of frauds if the other party admits under oath that the oral contract was made. Performance can mean full performance or partial performance.