specific performance

Noun

Meaning

the performance of a legal contract as specified by its terms

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An example of exceeding arbitral authority might be awarding one party to a dispute the personal automobile of the other party when the dispute concerns the specific performance of a business-related contract. Source: Internet

As the court grants Shylock his bond and Antonio prepares for Shylock's knife, Portia deftly appropriates Shylock's argument for "specific performance". Source: Internet

In an action for specific performance, an agreement to convey land must satisfy the Statute of Frauds. Source: Internet

Normally, the goal of managing performance is to allow individual employees to find out how well they had performed relative to performance targets or key performance indicators during a specific performance period from their supervisors and managers. Source: Internet

Only one specific performance of the play during Shakespeare's lifetime is known: before the court of King James I at Whitehall on 26 December 1606. Source: Internet

With the fourth ceremony, however, the system changed, and professionals were honored for a specific performance in a single film. Source: Internet

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