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Contraction (medicine) and RELATION, contracts, construction (law)


Contraction (medicine)


contraction
<physiology> A shortening or reduction in size, in connection with muscles contraction implies shortening and/or development of tension.

Origin: L. Contractus = drawn together


RELATION, contracts, construction (law)


RELATION, contracts, construction. When an act is done at one time, and it operates upon the thing as if done at another time, it is said to do so by operates upon the thing as if done at another time, it is said to do so by relation; as, if a man deliver a deed as an escrow, to be delivered by the relation; as, if a man deliver a deed as an escrow, to be delivered by the party holding it, to the grantor, on the performance of some act, the party holding it, to the grantor, on the performance of some act, the delivery to the latter will have relation back to the first delivery. Termes delivery to the latter will have relation back to the first delivery. Termes de la Ley. Again, if a partner be adjudged a bankrupt, the partnership is de la Ley. Again, if a partner be adjudged a bankrupt, the partnership is dissolved, and such dissolution relates back to the time when the commission dissolved, and such dissolution relates back to the time when the commission issued. 3 Kent, Com. 33. Vide 18 Vin. Ab. 285; 4 Com. Dig. 245; 5 Id. 339; issued. 3 Kent, Com. 33. Vide 18 Vin. Ab. 285; 4 Com. Dig. 245; 5 Id. 339; Litt. S. C. 462-466; 2 John. 510; 4 John. 230; 15 John. 809; 2 Har.