contingent — con·tin·gent /kən tin jənt/ adj 1: likely but not certain to happen compare executory 2: intended for use in circumstances not completely foreseen a contingent fund 3: dependent on or conditioned by something else … Law dictionary
Fee — For other uses see Fee (disambiguation) A fee is the price one pays as remuneration for services. Fees usually allow for overhead, wages, costs, and markup. Traditionally, professionals in Great Britain received a fee in contradistinction to a… … Wikipedia
attorney's fee — An allowance made by the court as costs in addition to the ordinary statutory costs. 20 Am J2d Costs § 72. Compensation to which an attorney at law is entitled for his services and, unless restricted by a contingent fee contract, payable to the… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Attorney's fee — Attorney fees (note that the use of the word attorney connotes lawyers broadly: solicitors and barristers) are the costs of legal representation that an attorney s client or a party to a lawsuit incurs. Attorney s fees are assessed in a number of … Wikipedia
attorney's fee — The payment made to a lawyer for legal services. These fees may take several forms: hourly, per job or service for example, $350 to draft a will, contingency (the lawyer collects a percentage of any money she wins for her client and nothing if… … Law dictionary
contingency fee — ➔ fee * * * contingency fee UK US noun [C] (also contingent fee) ► LAW a method of paying someone such as a lawyer in which no money is paid until a particular aim is achieved, for example getting a sale or contract or a successful result in a… … Financial and business terms
champertous contract — A contract having a tendency to foment or protract litigation, or transferring the control and management of a suit to one having no right or interest in the subject of the action other than such as was derived from the litigious agreement,… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Real estate contract — A real estate contract is a contract for the purchase/sale, exchange, or other conveyance of real estate between parties. Real estate called leasehold estate is actually a rental of real property such as an apartment, and leases (rental… … Wikipedia
Listing contract — A listing contract is a contract between a real estate broker (or his/her agent representatives, acting in the broker s name) and a seller or sellers of real property to give the broker the right to offer the property for sale.The contract is… … Wikipedia
Destructibility of contingent remainders — Property law Part of t … Wikipedia
