Contract-Law-page CASES ON FORMATION OF A CONTRACT OFFER Payne v Cave (1789) The defendant made the highest bid for the plaintiff’s goods at an auction sale‚ but he withdrew his bid before the fall of the auctioneer’s hammer. It was held that the defendant was not bound to purchase the goods. His bid amounted to an offer which he was entitled to withdraw at any time before the auctioneer signified acceptance by knocking down the hammer. Note: The common law rule laid down in this case has now been
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Mr. Maxwell is a 55-year-old Caucasian male who presented to the emergency department with a complaint of nausea and vomiting for the past 5 days. He reposts he has lost about 15-20lbs in the past 2 months without significant changes to his diet or exercise regimen. He also reports that he had been experiencing intermittent nausea and vomiting for the past 3 months‚ the episodes would usually last for a day or two then resolve on its own. He states that he has recently started spotting some blood
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Soc 310 Cook County Jail Reflection Paper Autumn 2009 Our visit to Cook County Jail was very stimulating to say the least. The community that the jail system is located in is primarily filled with Mexican Americans and seems to be very poor. I think that the jail is located there with no consideration of lowering property level due to the fact that it is already a poor neighborhood. I think that it further harms this community because the youth are exposed to jail system unnecessarily. I
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Essay THE LAW AND POLITICS OF THE PINOCHET CASE MICHAEL BYERS* [T]his sovereign authority which is a State’s own right‚ does not at present have an absolute character‚ not even in the internal order‚ due to the international atmosphere reigning in the world. When super-states and international organizations appeared‚ the field of action of the State’s power became more and more limited‚ due to agreements and treaties that are subscribed in the international arena. Multiple obligations and restrictions
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Heavens (Astronomy Today) SUMMARY The universe is the totality of all space‚ time‚ matter‚ and energy. Astronomy is the study of the universe. A widely used unit of distance in astronomy is the light year‚ the distance traveled by a beam of light in one year. Early observers grouped the thousands of stars visible to the naked eye into patterns called constellations. These patterns have no physical significance‚ although they are a very useful means of labeling regions of the sky. The nightly motion
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Influence of Cultures on "The Thousand and One Nights" Stories like Sindbad‚ Aladdin and the Magic Lamp and other popular stories are very common today in the western culture. Animated movies were also made for the entertainment of kids on these popular stories. One might wonder that where these stories originated and how it came down and made place in the western culture. Although these stories are very popular in both the western culture and the eastern culture but the original literary work
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Major Works Study Form AP Question 3 Title: A Thousand Acres Author: Jane Smiley Biographical Information: Jane Smiley was born in Los Angeles‚ California and later moved to Missouri‚ where she went to school until college. She went to Art at Vassar College‚ and then traveled around Europe where she worked on an archeological dig. She returned to America and became a teacher. She had two daughters and a son. Author’s Style: The author’s style is used to display the mysterious
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ISyE 6203 Transportation and Supply Chain` Systems Spring 2013 Case Study: Arc Routing The Bridges of Konigsberg 1) Was there ever a date at which an Eulerian walk over the steel bridges of Konigsberg were possible‚ without using any wooden bridges? If so‚ when? If not‚ show that it was never possible. For a Eulerian walk to be possible two conditions must hold a) The undirected graph must be connected b) Each node must be of even degree. Name of the bridge | Date built |
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FALLS CHURCH GENERAL HOSPITAL This case is designed to give students an opportunity to consider ways that a service organization‚ specifically a hospital‚ might seem different from manufacturing because service is not as easy to measure as the dimension of a part. However‚ as students begin to think about the dimensions of a hospital’s service‚ they may see ways that service can be measured. The answers to this case are based in part on a similar case in M.A. Vonderembse and G. P. White’s
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Technology in Classrooms: One Laptop per Child-A Failed Idea? Is the use of technology benefiting the students in classrooms today or is it taking away from their education? Should students be allowed to have easy access to a computer during a lecture to find relevant information or is it a distraction that puts their attention onto something completely off subject? It has certainly been argued both ways. As technology becomes more prominent in everyday life‚ the global world changes at the
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