Alternative form of employment at will

Alternative form of employment at will

(law) A traditional principle of law, recognized in some jurisdictions, which holds that, in the absence of a contract to the contrary, an employment relationship can be terminated at any time by the employer or employee, for any reason or for no reason whatever.

(law) An agreement entered into between two parties for the exchange of a current performance by one for a future bequest by the other.

(law) A pair of identical documents executed by two people in order to ensure identical dispositions of their property upon the death of either or both.

(law) A pair of identical documents executed by a married couple, one signed by the husband, the other by the wife, intended to create an irrevocable contract insuring identical dispositions of their property upon the death of either or both.

plural of will contract

One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention. / The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.

(transitive, intransitive) To instruct (that something be done) in one's will. / (transitive) To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).

(auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall. / (auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.