Contracts - Deposit and Penalty II

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Civil Code:

第 248 條

訂約當事人之一方，由他方受有定金時，推定其契約成立。

Article 248

When one of the parties to a contract receives earnest money from the other, the contract is presumed to be constituted.

Vocabulary

訂約 [dìngyuē] /establishing a contract/

當事人 [dāngshìrén] /persons involved or implicated/party (to an affair)/

之 [zhī] /(literary equivalent of 的)/

一方 [yīfāng] /one side/one party/

由 [yóu] /from/

他 [tā] /he/him/

受 [shòu] /to receive/

有 [yǒu] /to have/there is/there are/to exist/to be/

定金 [dìngjīn] /deposit/

時 [shí] /when/

推定 [tuīdìng] /presume/

其 [qí] /their/

契約 [qìyuē] /agreement/contract/

成立 [chénglì] /establish/set up/