contract law

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   that branch of jurisprudence that studies the rights and obligations of parties entering into contracts

   Broaderjurisprudence

Questions about contract law

What does contract law mean?

contract law means "that branch of jurisprudence that studies the rights and obligations of parties entering into contracts".

Is contract law a common word?

contract law is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.