Synallagmatic

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Continental; rare: Of a civil law contract, having the legal qualities of a common law contract<ref>namely, legally binding mutual obligations in which each party to the contract is bound to provide something to the other party. Yes, I know, that is the definition of a legal contract. They do things differently in the low countries. Don’t ask.<ref> But expect to see this kind of chatter in a continental netting opinon.

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Civil law Netting opinion