Works Cited. 1  Armenti, Peter. 2  Berkin, Carol.  3 Phillis Wheatley.. 4  Sewall-Belmont House, Black Women in America, Peake Delancey, 2003. 5  Weatherford, Doris. 6  Zuck, Rochelle Raineri. 7  IMAGE: Library of Congress.
Condition Precedent. DEFINITION of 'Condition Precedent'. A legal term describing a condition or event that must come to pass before a specific contract is considered in effect or any obligations are expected of either party. There may also be condition precedents in the ongoing life of a contract, which simply state that if condition X occurs, event Y will then occur.
EXPRESS. That which is made known, and not left to implication. The opposite of implied. It is a rule, that when a matter or thing is expressed, it ceases to be implied by law: expressum facit cessare tacitum.Co. Litt. 183; 1 Bouv.xpress authority is plainly or distinctly delegated power to an agent by a principal. For example, the owner of a store may expressly give employees the authority to accept deliveries in the owner's name.