Contemporaneous Parties

/kənˌtɛmpəˈreɪniəs ˈpɑːrtiz/

Definitions

  1. (n.) Individuals or entities involved in a transaction or event at the same time, whose actions or statuses are legally relevant to one another.
    The contemporaneous parties agreed to the contract terms on the same day.

Forms

  • contemporaneous party

Commentary

Use with reference to timing in legal transactions to clarify that parties' acts or statuses coincide; important in contract interpretation and evidentiary contexts.

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