Contacts Flashcards

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What is the purpose of law in businesses

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To ensure that there is free competition between businesses

To maintain a good level of safety unsecured ethical conditions

To protect consumers

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What are trademarks

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Treating marks are words, letters or symbols that are associated with a particular company or product.

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What are the characteristics of a legal contract

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Agreement
Capacity
Good faith
Consideration 
 Legality
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Agreement

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All parties to a contract must be of mutual agreement

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Capacity

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The parties must be confidence, that is, that day must both be of sound mind, legal age and not under the influence of drugs or alcohol

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Good faith

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All parties must engage in the agreement freely and honestly and with a genuine intention of the contract being carried out

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Consideration

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Each party of the agreement must agree to give up something in exchange for a benefit

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Legality

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A contract must have a legal purpose. If a contract involves any illegal act it is illegal Android

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Simple contracts

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A simple contract is a simple agreement between two parties, it needs no special form, it may be by word or mouth or in writing or maybe implied by conduct

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Specialty contract

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Also known as Deeds or contract under seal they tend to be a more formal type of contract often written on a special form, and they have three requirements

Signed by both parties
The contract is attached with some sort of seal
The contract is placed by the person to whom it is delivered all parties must have a copy

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Means of terminating a contract

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By fulfillment of the contract
By a breach in the contract
 By mutual agreement
Inability to complete the contract
By lapse of time
By murger, a new contract replaces the old one
By Death
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Common mistake

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The parties of a contract agree on the subject of the contract but both parties are equally mistaken about some aspect

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Mutual mistake

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Both parties are mistaken about the same material fact hence making the contract void

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Unilateral mistake

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This is where one party is mistaken but the other party is not mistaken. An example of this is fraud

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