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Chapter 10: The Formation of Traditional and E-Contracts Flashcards

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Contract Law

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Determines 1) which contract rules are to be enforced, and 2) which promises must be kept.

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Promise

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Declaration by Promisor to do / not do something.

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Promisee

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Person to whom promise is made.

Has right to expect or demand that something will / will not happen.

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_______________ are simply _____________ put into __________ or ____________ form.

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Contracts; promises; oral; written

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Contracts distinguish between ___________ __________________ and agreements that are _______________ __________________.

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moral obligations; legally binding

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Contracts decide which ______________ are acceptable when there is a ___________ in contract (mental competency, age, etc…)

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excuses; breach

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Contract

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Promise or set of promises for which legal remedy will be provided in the breach of them, but performance of them is considered a duty.

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When do contractual disputes usually arise?

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when one party fails fulfill future performance.

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Punishments for failure to fulfill future performance

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1) party who made contract may be subject to court sanctions.
2) party has to pay damages for failure to fulfill future performance.
3) party may be forced to fufill promised act

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______________ is of the upmost importance in the creation of contracts.

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Intent

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Objective Theory of Contracts

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Determines whether there was intent to make a legally binding agreement/contract based on objective facts including…

1) what the party said when entering into contract.
2) how the party acted / appeared.
3) circumstances under which contract was made.

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Requirements for a valid contract

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  1. Agreement
  2. Consideration
  3. Contractual Capacity
  4. Legality
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Agreement

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mutual understanding, between parties, regarding terms of a contract.

  • Includes Offer and Acceptance.
  • Party must offer to enter legal agreement, and other party must accept (terms of) offer.
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Consideration

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  • Legally sufficient/bargained-for consideration promised to party for a promise [in a bilateral contract], or performance [in a unilateral contract] (i.e. money).
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Contractual Capacity

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Legal ability to enter into contract.

  • Law must recognize each party as exemplifying qualities necessary to qualify as competent parties.
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Legality

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Contract’s goal must be legal / not against public policy.

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Defenses to the Enforceability of a Contract:

1) ________________ ________________
- (____________, ______________, ____________ __________ ≠ consent)

2) ____________.
- Contract must be in the ______________ required __________ to be enforceable.

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Voluntary Consent; fraud; duress; undue influence; Form; legally; form

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Statute of Frauds

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legislation requiring some contracts be in written form to be enforceable

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How are contracts classified?

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according to how and when they’re formed.

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Offeror

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person making offer (to enter into legal agreement)

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Offeree

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person to whom offer is being made.

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Bilateral Contract

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Offeree simply has to PROMISE to perform.

“Promise in exchange for a Promise.”

(no act has to be carried out yet: ex. you promise to pay $200 to your friend on Friday for their phone. Your fried promises to give you the phone after they’ve relinquished the $200.)

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Unilateral Contract

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Offeree can only accept contract by performing an act.

“Promise in exchange for an act.”

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With unilateral contracts, the contract is formed not at the moement a ______________ is made, but the moment the _________ is ______________.

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promise; act; performed

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Formal Contract

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Contracts that require specific form to be enforceable.

(i.e. checks, promissory note, etc…)

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Informal Contracts

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Contracts that don’t require specific form to be enforceable.

-(more so focuses on the substance of the contract than the medium in which it exists).

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Express Contract

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Contract where terms of agreement are explicitly stated, in writing or orally.

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Implied Contract

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Contract implied from conduct of the parties.

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3 Requirements for Implied Contract

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1) Plaintiff provides good / service.

2) Plaintiff expected to be paid for good/service and defendant should have paid / are known payment was expected.

3) Defendant could’ve rejected good/service but did not.

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Executed Contract

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Contract that has been fully performed by both parties.

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Executory Contract

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Contract that has not been fully performed on both sides.

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If there’s a contract that has been fully _______________ on one side, and has not been fully ______________ on the the other side, then the former side is _________________ while the latter _______________, but the contract as a whole is considered _______________.

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performed; performed; executed; executory; executory

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Valid Contract

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Contract that forms as long as they’re following the necessary requisites of 1) Agreeement, 2) Consideration, 3) Contractual Capacity, and 4) Legality.

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Voidable Contracts

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Valid contracts that can be avoided by one or both parties.

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If the contract is ________________ by one or both parties, then it’s _________________. if it’s ratified, both parties must perform their legal ____________________.

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avoided; unenforceable; obligations

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Unenforceable contracts

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Valid contracts rendered unenforceable because they violate a statute or law.

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Void Contract

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A contract having no legal force or binding effect

“no contract at all.”

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Crossword Puzzle:

Type of contract that consists of two or more parts (duties) and calls for corresponding performances of each part (duty) by the parties (respectively).

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Divisible Contract

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Agreement

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mutual understanding, between parties, regarding terms of a contract.

on the basis of offer and acceptance: one party offers to enter into legal agreement, other party must accepts terms of offer.

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Offer

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Promise/Commitment to do/ refrain from doing specific action in the future

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3 Elements Necessary for an offer to be effective

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1) Offeror must have serious intention of being bound by offer.

2) Offer must be certain /definite, so parties & court can ascertain terms of contract.

3) Offer must be clearly communicated to offeree.

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If any offer made by the _____________ is not _____________, meaning it doesn’t pass the _______-and-___________-_________ test, then the ______________’s acceptance of the offer does not create an actual ______________.

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offeror; serious; serious-and-objective-intent; offeree’s; agreement

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3 Ways an offer can be terminated

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1) Revocation
2) Rejection
3) Counteroffer

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Revocation

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Offeror withdraws their offer [from offeree].

Unless offer is irrevocable, offeror can witdraw offer w/o liability only BEFORE offeree accepts [otherwise, liability will be imposed].

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Option Contract (Irrevocable)

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contract in which offeror leaves offer open for specified period of time, for which they recieve payment from the offeree.

Offeror cannot close offer during specified time in which it’s supposed to be left open.

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Rejection

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Offeree rejects offer made to them, in words or by conduct.

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Counteroffer

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Simoultaneously rejecting initial offer, and proposing new offer [to offeror, who will now become the offeree]

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Mirror Image Rule

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Common law rule, where offeree accepts the exact offer made by the offeror [mirroring the offer].

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Crossword Puzzle:

What is meant by “Reasonable Period”?

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The time in which an offer is left available if no termination period is specified.

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Acceptance

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Voluntary act by offeree showing consent to terms of offer.

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Unequivocal Acceptance

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offeree accepting exact terms of offer [Mirror Image Rule]

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Silence as Acceptance

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offeree’s silence constitutes as acceptance of an offer.

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Mailbox Rule

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Contract is formed the moment the offeror sends the contract to the offeree, for acceptance, through a mode of communication implicitly/explicitly authorized by offeree.

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Consideration must be 1) something of ___________ _____________ __________ in exchange for a promise, and 2) must be a ___________ -______ exchange.

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legally sufficient value; bargained-for

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3 Criterion for an Item of “Legally Sufficient Value”

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  1. Promise to do something one has no legal duty to do.
  2. Performing act one has no obligation to undertake.
  3. Refraining from performing an act that one has legal right to undertake. (forebearance)
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Requirement for Item of “Bargained Exchange”

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Item must be given from Promisor, to Promisee, in exchange for Promisee’s 1) Promise, 2) Performance, or 3) Promise of Performance.

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Recission

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Unmaking of a contract to return to the parties to where they were before the contract was created.

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Past Consideration

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Act done in the past that DOES NOT qualify as consideration for a bargain in the future.

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What is the Age of Majority?

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The age a minor must be, in nearly all states, for contractual purposes: 18

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Minor’s emancipation

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Parent / Legal guardian relinquishes right to control over minor to minor themselves.

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MInors are allowed to enter into any ____________ that an ___________ can, as long as the _____________-_______________ of the contract is not prohibited by law as it pertains to minors: __________, _________, ___________ etc…

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contract; adult; subject; drugs; smoking; alcohol

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Dissaffirmance

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Legally setting aside / avoidance of contractual obligation

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If a minor does not wish to be bound by the _____________ stated in a _____________, they must express their _____________ to not bound by it, in ___________ or through ___________.

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obligations; contract; intent; word; conduct

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Intoxication: when a person enters a contractual agreement while _________________, the contract is considered _________________ (meaning it can be _______________),or _______________, meaning it’s _____________. If the person is sufficiently ________________, even if it is by their own means, they have the option of _________________ the contract while _______________, and hours thereafter once they’re ___________. However, if the party to the contract, despite their drunkeness, knew the _______________ of entering into the contract, then it is _______________.

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intoxicated; voidable; avoided; valid; enforceable; intoxicated; dissaffirming; intoxicated; sober; consequences; enforceable

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Mental Incompetence: a contract made by one who legally qualifies as _______________ ____________________, is ___________ , _____________, or ______________. Only a ___________ _____________ can enter into any _____________ obligations on _____________ of the ____________ _______________ party. Any contract formed by someone whom the court has __________________ considered ________________ ___________________ is _________.

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mentally incompetent; void; voidable; valid; legal guardian; legal; behalf; mentally incompetent; PREVIOUSLY; mentally incompetent; void

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______________ requires that _______________ not violate state for federal ______________ law, and if it does, then, the _______________ is rendered _______________ and therefore ____________.

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Legality; contract; statutory; contract; void; unenforceable

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Usury

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charging a loan interest rate above the lawful maximum.

68
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Crossword Puzzle:

Generally held to be illegal and involves three elements of prize, chance, and consideration.

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Lottery Contracts

(lottery –> random selection = chance)

69
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States have generally deemed _______________ contracts illegal. Forms of _____________ allowed include: ___________-____________, ____________ ______________ machines, __________-______________ bingo, _____________ etc…

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gambling; horse-racing; video poker; charity-sponsored bingo; lotteries

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States generally deem contracts involving ______________ _______________ (including people _____________ as ____________, _____________, ______________) illegal and _______________.

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unlisenced practitioners; unlisenced; attorneys; physicians; architects; unenforceable

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Covenant not to Compete

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Contract wherein two parties agree not to compete against one another for specified period of time, within certain geographical location.

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Unconscionable Contract or Clause

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void because they’re terms are too burdensome / grossly unfair to one party, while the stronger party was the beneficiary.

73
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Crossword Puzzle: In what area can an agreement ‘not to compete’ be enforceable?

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Business

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Reformation

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court ordered reform of a contract (covenant not to compete) which reflects the true intentions of each party.

75
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What’s the problem w/ reforming contracts (specifically covenants not to compete).

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The judge automatically becomes a party to the contract.

(even if his/her intentions were good [trying to make sure geographical location and time in which contract was enforced was appropriate])

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Exclupatory Clause

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Releases party from contract w/o liability when they face monetary or physical injury, NO MATTER WHO IS AT FAULT.

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E-Contract

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Contract that is formed electronically.

Must follow all the same requirements as a paper contract: Agreement, Consideration, Contractual Capacity, Legality

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Click-On Agreement

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Online buyer accepts terms of offer the moment they click “I Accept” or “I Agree.”

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Shrink Wrap Agreement

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An agreement whose terms are on a document, inside a box in which goods are packaged.

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With the Shrink Wrap Agreement, a ________________ is formed the moment the box is ______________.

A

contract; opened

81
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Browse-Wrap Terms

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Terms of use presented when an online buyer downloads a product wtihout asking for the buyers explicit agreement.

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E-Signature is defined as an electtronic ___________, ____________, or ______________ attached to or ______________ associated with a _____________ or adopted by a person with the ____________ to sign the _______________.

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sound; symbol; process; logically; record; intent; record

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Record

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Information…
1) Inscribed in a tangible medium
OR
2) Stored in an electronic medium
3) is retrievable

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Promisory Estopple

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Offeror is prohibited from denying (revoking) promise, BECAUSE offeree now forms reliance on the offeree being left open for an allotted period of time.

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Illusory Promise

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Contract that is unenforceable because only one party is legally bound to perform.

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