Contract Classification | Basis of Defect | Status of Contract | Legal Effects | Prescriptive Period | Ratifiability | A.Rescissible1. Contracts entered into in behalf of wards 2. Contracts agreed upon in representation of absentees 3. Contracts undertaken in fraud of creditors a. existing credit prior to the contract to be rescinded b. fraud on the part of the debtor c. creditor cannot recover his credit in any other manner 4. Contracts which refer to things under litigation
Premium Contract Contract law Void
Business Law | Contract Analysis | Westwood College | Eric Givens 2/12/2013 | Contract Analysis A contract is a legal document between two or more parties. There are several elements that are necessary in order to make a contract enforceable. The specifics of these various elements may differ from state to state‚ but all seven of the elements must be present in order for the contract to exist. As such‚ if one of these elements is missing‚ a contract can be voided and the parties
Premium Contract law Contract
Contracts Essay One – Module 8 Does Peter have an enforceable contract against Don? Enforceable contract Peter v. Don. Peter will have an enforceable contract with Don if he can show that all the required elements of a contract are present. If there is a contract between the two then it will be governed by the common law requirements of an enforceable contract instead of the Uniformed Commercial Code‚ which would be used if their agreement had involved the sale of goods. In order for a contract
Premium Contract
Illegal Contractual Terms and Restraints of Trade in Contracts When dealing with contract law‚ many problems can arise. There can be illegal terms in the contract or it can just be void. There are restraints on trade which include limiting employees from competing against their employers post employment and so on. Throughout this essay‚ these restrictions will be analyzed. The difference between illegalities‚ voids and restraints will be presented‚ along with cases to provide examples.
Premium Contract Contract law
2nd Assignment: Suggested Answer 1. The legal issue revolving around this case is that whether a valid legally-binding contract has been entered into between David and John‚ and‚ if that is the case‚ whether David is able to sue John for his breach of contract resulting from his sale of the shop to Nancy. In general‚ a legally binding contract is an agreement made between two or more persons‚ by which rights are acquired by one or more to acts or forbearances on the part of the other
Premium Contract Invitation to treat
Introduction A contract is formed when one of the parties has to accept an offer made by the other. Here‚ David places an advertisement in the local newspaper of a reward‚ £1000 for the safe return of each of his six cats. This shows he is making an offer to all the readers of the Daily Bungle. An offer is defined as follows: “An offer is a statement of the terms upon which the offeror is prepared to be bound if acceptance is communicated while the offer remains alive1.” The critical aspect of
Premium Contract Contract law
Maritime Sales Contracts Contracts between vessel owners and charterers concerning the water transportation of goods are technically known in admiralty law as "contracts of affreightment". The charterer agrees to pay a freight charge for cargo space. The voyage‚ amount of cargo space‚ and time of delivery will all be covered by the contract. One common type of contract is the “voyage” charter. This type of charter usually concerns the hire of a vessel‘s entire cargo space for one or more specific
Premium Ship Contract Law of the sea
a) The first contract should be between the Ramirez family and Majestic Developers‚ inc‚ as they are the parties involved. (b) The consideration on the Ramirez family side is their 250-acre farm and on Majestic Developers‚ inc the consideration is three million million dollars. (c) What should be included in the contract should be; the parties‚ (2) the price‚ (3) the subject matter of the contract‚ and (4) the time of performance of the contract‚ also the contract should address the small fence
Premium Tax Depreciation Taxation
The common law view of pre-registration contracts was that the company did not exist for legal purposes until it had been formally incorporated (registered). This common law view resulted in company’s being unable to enter a binding contract until they had been registered. However "given the delays which can be encountered in the registration process‚ the promoter of a company may wish to enter into contracts `for’ the company prior to its incorporation" . An example of this may be a promoter
Premium Contract Common law Contractual term
get a group contract agreed with a group of young people going on a weekend residential‚ and explain the importance of having such a contract in place. During this assignment I will talk about the steps I would take to get a group of young people on a residential weekend to sign an agreed working agreement contract‚ and highlight the importance and benefits of having the contract in place. In my assignment I am going to mention the advantages and disadvantages of having a contract and what should
Premium Young Youth Gentlemen's agreement