contract-law
&quot;Contemporaneously&quot; vs &quot;concurrently&quot; - difference in legal verbiage?
<p>What's the difference in meaning between "contemporaneously" and "concurrently" in contract verbiage in general?  An example could be "the following contracts are being executed contemporaneously" vs "the following contracts are being executed concurrently".</p>

<p>Absent some explicit definition to the contrary, words in contracts assume their conventional connotations.</p>

<p>Absent any particular context, <em>contemporaneous</em> is synonymous with <em>concurrent</em>.  However, one <em>could</em> argue that the latter connotes more strict simultaneity.</p>

<p>A good contract would specify its terms to avoid any such ambiguity.</p>
