Drop dead date definitions

Drop dead date

1) Contract provision 2) Strict time limit
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Drop dead date

In trade and contract law, a drop dead date is a provision added to a legal or trade act, such as a contract or a court order. Such a provision sets a last-delay date (hence the name drop dead date) past which certain consequences will automatically follow, such as cancelling the contract, taking property or entering a judgment. In contract law, a...
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Drop Dead Date

n. The last date which an event must occur, otherwise consequences will immediate occur. The drop dead date is usually in a contract's provision or set by a court order.
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Drop Dead Date

A provision in a contract or a court order that sets the last date that an event can take place (such as payment), or otherwise certain consequences will automatically follow, such as cancelling a contract, taking property, or entering a judgment.
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