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    Challenges→Euathlus must pay Protagoras the rest of the fees regardless of the court's verdict.

    A contract requiring payment contingent on winning a case is void if a court of law adjudicates that no payment is owed, since judicial authority supersedes private agreements in matters brought before it.

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    Key Terms

    Supersedes(as used in philosophy)
    To replace something or take its place as more important or authoritative.
    adjudicates(as used in legal proceedings)
    When a court officially decides or judges a case and determines what the outcome should be.
    contingent(De Interpretatione 12–13)
    Equated with 'possible'; on the two-sided interpretation, contingency excludes necessity (possibility implies non-necessity).
    contract(Used broadly to ground economic relations from simple transactions to political authority)
    A foundational economic and legal concept underlying purchases, the use of money, and property rights
    judicial authority(as used in law and political philosophy)

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    The power and right of courts and judges to make legal decisions and interpret laws in disputes brought before them.
    void(Aristotle's definition, used as the basis for his argument against the existence of a void)
    Dimensional space without matter inside

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