Elements of a Contract Angelique Gares BUS670 Legal Environment Professor Roger Amos May 24‚ 2010 . This paper is a study of the Element of a Contract detailing the essential elements that constitute a legal binding agreement. A contract can be defined as an agreement between two or more persons for example‚ individuals‚ organizations or government agencies and or business‚ to do‚ or to refrain from doing something in exchange for something of value. The text states “to qualify as a contract
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Essential Elements of a Contract “A contract is an agreement that can be enforced in court. It is formed by two or more parties who agree to perform or to refrain from performing some act now or in the future.” (pg 208) Recently I was faced with a situation regarding a contract that was not in writing and I had to explain that as long as a verbal contract contains the four essential elements of a contract it is binding. We are so accustomed to seeing contracts in writing that many people assume
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WEEK 3 – THE FORMATION OF CONTRACTS Apply Your Knowledge (EXERCISE 4 – CONTRACT OR NOT?) Review the essential elements of a valid and enforceable contract and decide whether a valid‚ void or voidable contract has been formed in each of the following situations. Provide a legal explanation for your decision. 1. Last year‚ Smith‚ the owner of a retail business‚ in an attempt to reduce employee absenteeism due to illness‚ offered to give any employee who quit smoking for a year a $500
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Consideration in contract formation ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Consideration is essential to the formation of any contract made without deed. It distinguishes a bargain or contract from a gift. Lush J in the case of Currie v Misa (1875) referred consideration consist of a benefit to the promisor or a detriment to the promisee as: “Some right‚ interest‚ profit or benefit accruing to one party‚ or some forbearance‚ detriment‚ loss or responsibility given‚ suffered
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09811599587 THE INDIAN CONTRACT ACT‚ 1872 CHAPTER 1- NATURE OF CONTRACT The law of contract is that branch of law which determines the circumstances in which promise made by the parties to a contract shall be legally binding on them. All of us enter into a number of contracts everyday knowingly or unknowingly. Each contract creates some right and duties upon the contracting parties. Indian contract deals with the enforcement of these rights and duties upon the parties. Indian Contract Act‚ 1872 came into
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A contract is an enforceable agreement between two or more persons or entities pursuant to which the parties undertake binding obligations. The vast majority of all business --- both personal and commercial --- is conducted pursuant to contracts‚ either oral or written‚ and courts of law decide disputes between parties to contracts. The four basic elements necessary for formation of a valid contract are capacity‚ offer and acceptance‚ consideration and compliance with law and public policy. Also
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Essential elements of Contracts BUS 670 Legal Environment Instructor: Mark Cohen 09/26/2011 Essential elements of Contracts All contracts share some common elements. A contract starts when an offer is made‚ certain requirements need to be satisfied to ensure the agreement is legal‚ in particular a capacity of parties to contract has to be proven‚ the legal purpose of the agreement and the satisfaction of consideration‚ before the offer is accepted. Contracts have common elements in their
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Elements of the law of contract Catharine MacMillan Richard Stone 2009 LLB 2650040 Diploma in Law 2690040 page 2 This subject guide was prepared for the University of London External System by: University of London External System Catharine MacMillan BA (Victoria) ‚ LLB (Queen’s‚ Canada)‚ LLM (Cantab)‚ Lecturer in Law‚ School of Law‚ Queen Mary‚ University of London and Richard Stone LLB (Soton)‚ LLM (Hull)‚ Barrister‚ Professor and Head of Law‚ Lincoln Law School‚ University of
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attempt to identify and explain the four elements of a valid contract‚ explain what the objective theory of contracts is and define and explain how the objective theory of contracts applies to the Unit 3 IP. This paper will also explain why I think the court held that there was not a valid contract in the scenario of the unit 3 IP as well as explain why advertisements are generally considered not to be valid offers. The four elements of a valid contract are: * There must be an agreement in
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MIND MAP 3. Formation of a contract A legally enforceable contract must have 3 elements: 1. Agreement 2. Intention to be legally bound 3. Deed or consideration State clearly: What is being bought/sold? Price payable? Was there an OFFER and ACCEPTANCE? NOTE: Offer + Acceptance = Agreement Judged objectively reasonable person test What sort of agreement is it? Domestic not binding Commercial binding NOTE: Presumptions are rebuttable. Is
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