§ 9-01-01 Definitions
§ 9-01-02 Requisites of contract
§ 9-01-03 Executed and executory contracts defined
§ 9-01-04 Joint and several contracts
§ 9-01-05 Origin and enforcement of obligations
§ 9-01-06 Obligations classified
§ 9-01-07 Joint obligation – Presumption
§ 9-01-08 Joint obligation – Contribution
§ 9-01-09 Conditional obligation defined
§ 9-01-10 Conditions of obligation – Classification
§ 9-01-11 Condition precedent defined
§ 9-01-12 Conditions concurrent defined
§ 9-01-13 Condition subsequent defined
§ 9-01-14 Conditions unlawful or impossible
§ 9-01-15 Forfeiture – Interpretation
§ 9-01-16 Enforcement of obligations – Prerequisites
§ 9-01-17 Option to perform alternative acts
§ 9-01-18 Option – Limitation of time for performance
§ 9-01-19 Option – Selection in entirety
§ 9-01-20 Option – Valid act prevails
§ 9-01-21 Property service contracts – Exemption

Terms Used In North Dakota Code > Chapter 9-01 - General Provisions

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37