Contract Formation Flashcards
Bargain
Manifestation of mutual assent to the exchange
Consideration
That all of (1), (2), and (3) relate to the same deal.
Three things you need to form a contract
Depends on what the person actually believed
Meeting of the minds
Whether a reasonable person in the position of the parties would have thought there was an offer and acceptance of the offer.
Manifestation of Mutual Assent
to exist someone (the offeror) must make an offer and someone else (the offeree) must accept that offer.
Contract
is a manifestation of intent to act or refrain from acting in a specified way, so made as to justify a promisee in understanding that a commitment has been made.
Promise
A manifestation of willingness to enter into a bargain is not an offer if the person to whom it is addressed knows or has reason to know that the person making it does not intend to conclude a bargain until he has made a further manifestation of assent.
Preliminary Negotiations
A manifestation of willingness to enter into a bargain
which justifies another person in understanding that his assent to that bargain
is invited and
will conclude it.
offer
An offer made by an offeree to his offeror
relating to the same matter as the original offer and
proposing a substituted bargain
differing from that proposed by the original offer.
An offeree’s power of acceptance is terminated by his making of a counter-offer, unless the offeror has manifested a contrary intention or unless the counter-offer manifests a contrary intention of the offeree.
Counter-Offer
To give something for something else.
A promise is given for a promise.
A promise for a performance.
A performance for a promise.
A performance for a performance.
Exchange
What was requested to be done in the offer.
Performance
An offeree’s power of acceptance is terminated when the offeree receives from the offeror a manifestation of an intention not to enter into the proposed contract.
Revocation
Acceptance is made only when the indicator of assent reaches the offeror
Once an acceptance has been dispatched, the offeree may not revoke the offer
CISG Mailbox Rule
once an acceptance is put in the mail, the offeror cannot revoke his/her offer.
Mailbox Rule
are generally not considered offers.
But can rise to the level of an offer if a reasonable person would interpret the ad that way.
is clear, definite, and explicit, and leaves nothing open for negotiation, it constitutes an offer, acceptance of which will complete the contract.
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by one party (the offeror) making an offer
to another party (the offeree) which the offeree accepts.
Manifestation of mutual assent