A person who makes a promise. Compare with promisee.
business law
promissory estoppel
Overview
Within contract law, promissory estoppel refers to the doctrine that a party may recover on the basis of a promise made when the party's reliance on that promise was reasonable, and the party attempting to recover detrimentally relied on the...
promissory note
An unconditional promise to pay a certain amount of money to a named party or the holder of the note, or to deposit that money as such persons direct. A promissory note must be in writing and signed by the maker of the promise.
promoter
A promoter is broadly defined as someone who encourages or incites a certain behavior. In corporate law, a promoter is the founder or organizer of a corporation or business venture; the person who takes the initiative to create or organize a...
promotional stock
Promotional stock is stock issued by a newly formed company to the promoters of the company as compensation for promoting the company, such as raising capital, finding new shareholders, signing contracts or filing articles of incorporation....
property
Property is anything (items or attributes/tangible or intangible) that can be owned by a person or entity. Property is the most complete right to something; the owner can possess, use, transfer or dispose of it. According to California Civil...
proprietary interest
A proprietary interest is a property right; an interest held by a property owner together with all appurtenant rights; the interest in something held by the owner such as a shareholder in a corporation, a farmer in a crop, or a storekeeper in...
proprietor
Proprietor refers to an owner, i.e. someone who has legal and exclusive ownership of something. In particular, it refers to the owner of a sole proprietorship, in which case it is also called sole proprietor.
A sole...
proprietorship
A proprietorship is a form of business organization in which one person owns all the assets and assumes all the debts of the business. It is also referred to as sole proprietorship, or individual proprietorship. The owner of the...
protocol
A protocol is:
a collection of rules controlling the treatment and, in particular, the formatting of data in an electronic communications system.
a summary...