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Mind Map by chelsealynn, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by chelsealynn
over 6 years ago
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Contract Law Key Terms
- Acceptance
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- Willingness to go along with the offer
- Benefits
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- Something that a party was not previously entitled to get
- Bilateral
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- Contains two promises
- Capacity
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- Legal ability to enter into a contract
- Consideration
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- Exchange of benefits by the parties to an agreement
- Counteroffer
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- change in the offer
- Death
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- offeror dies
- Detriments
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- loss or anything thats given up
- Duress
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- overcoming a persons will by threat or harm
- Economic Duress
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- threat to a business or persons income
- Emancipation
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- getting rid of the parent child relationship
- Express
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- statement of a contract may be written or oral
- Firm offer
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- written offer that states the time that the offer will remain open
- Forbearance
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- Not doing things you have the right to do
- Fraudulent Misrepresentation
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- party to a contract that makes a untrue statement
- Genuine Agreement
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- Offer made by offeror and has been accepted
- Illusory Promises
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- Cause that allows party to get out of legal obligation
- Implied
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- Contract that comes from the actions of the party
- Insanity
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- Offeror is declared insane
- Legality
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- Illegal contracts
- Mentally Incapacitated
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- lack of ability to understand consequences of contractual acts
- Mirror Image Rule
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- terms of the acceptance must match terms of the offer
- Mutual Mistake
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- both parties are mistaken
- Nominal Consideration
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- amount written in a contract where parties don't want to state the amount
- Offer
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- something offered by one person to another with intentions to create a legal binding
- Offeree
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- person offer was made to
- Offeror
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- person who made the offer
- Option
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- offeree giver offeror something of value to keep the offer open longer
- Oral
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- made by two or more people speaking to each other
- Past Performance
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- act that has already been performed cannot be considered into contract
- Price Fixing
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- competitors agree on price ranges that they sell their product
- Rejection
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- refusal by offeree
- Restrictive Covenant
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- agreement where you agree not to compete somewhere in a period of time
- Revocation
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- taking back of an offer
- Statue of Frauds
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- certain contracts be in writing
- Unconscionable
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- so unfair that it would shock the court
- Unenforceable Contract
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- court will not uphold
- Undue Influence
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- persuassive pressure that isnt fail in a relationship of trust
- Unilateral
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- promise where if one person does something the other person will do something
- Unilateral Mistake
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- error of one party
- Usury
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- too high interest rate charged
- Valid Contract
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- all emements reconized by courts
- Void Contract
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- without legal effect
- Voidable Contract
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- parties can get out of contract
- Written
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- terms are written so both parties know