Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Contracts1
- Acceptance
Anmerkungen:
- unqualified unwilling by the offeree to with the offer
- Benefits
- Bilateral
Anmerkungen:
- Capacity
Anmerkungen:
- legal ability to enter into a contract
- Consideration
Anmerkungen:
- exchange of benefits and detriments by the parties to an agreement
- Counteroffer
Anmerkungen:
- change in terms of the offer
- Death
Anmerkungen:
- Detriments
Anmerkungen:
- Duress
Anmerkungen:
- a person's free will force or threat of force or bodily harm
- Economic Duress
Anmerkungen:
- threats to a person's business or income
- Emanicipation
Anmerkungen:
- parent child relationships
- Express
Anmerkungen:
- contract statement that may be written oral
- Firm Offer
Anmerkungen:
- a written goods for a period of time stays open
- Forbearance
Anmerkungen:
- not doing something that you have to the right to do
- Fraudulent Misrepresentation
Anmerkungen:
- untrue statement fact to a party contract
- Genuine Agreement
Anmerkungen:
- a valid offer made by offeror a valid acceptance
- Illusory Promises
Anmerkungen:
- clause or word escape from legal obligation
- Implied
Anmerkungen:
- contract that comes about from the actions of the parties
- Insanity
Anmerkungen:
- offeror is declared insane
- Legality
Anmerkungen:
- Mentally Incapacitated
Anmerkungen:
- lack the abilities of his or he contractual acts
- Mirror Image Rule
Anmerkungen:
- terms acceptance must match the terms of the offer
- Mutual Mistake Bilateral
Anmerkungen:
- both parties are mistaken about a fact
- Nominal Consideration
Anmerkungen:
- token amount in a contract where the parties cannot state the amount
- Offer
Anmerkungen:
- intent to a legal binding agreement
- Offeree
Anmerkungen:
- offer made to this person
- Offeror
Anmerkungen:
- Option
Anmerkungen:
- offeree gives the offeror something in value for a promise keep offer open period of time
- Oral
Anmerkungen:
- two or more people speaking
- Past Performance
Anmerkungen:
- act already been performed cannot be considers as a contract
- Price Fixing
Anmerkungen:
- competitors agree on a price range then sell their products
- Rejection
Anmerkungen:
- Restrictive covenant
Anmerkungen:
- agreement not compete in a region for a period of time
- Revocation
Anmerkungen:
- taking back of an offer by offeror
- Statute of Frauds
Anmerkungen:
- requires certain contracts to be writing enforceable
- Unconscionable
Anmerkungen:
- grossly unfair or oppressive shock the conscience of court
- Undue Influence
Anmerkungen:
- unfair and improper pressure of trust
- Unenforceable Contract
Anmerkungen:
- contract court will not uphold
- Unilateral
Anmerkungen:
- a promise by only one person the other party performs it
- Unilateral Mistake
Anmerkungen:
- error on the part of the parties
- Usury
Anmerkungen:
- charging too high of an interest rate
- Valid contract
Anmerkungen:
- all elements recognized by the courts
- Void Contract
Anmerkungen:
- Voidable Contract
Anmerkungen:
- one or more parties can get out of a contract for legal reason
- Written
Anmerkungen:
- contract terms so both parties know the terms