Contracts Flashcards
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What is a contract?
A legally enforceable agreement.
What are the 2 types of contracts, and how are they formed?
Express-Oral or written language.
Implied-Conduct
What is a quasi-contract?
An unenforceable contract that results in the unjust enrichment of a party.
What is a unilateral contract?
A contract that requires performance as an acceptance.
When contracts mix goods and services, how do you determine controlling law?
The predominate purpose of the contract determines controlling law, unless the goods and services are separated by payment.
For purposes of Article 2 UCC, what is a ‘merchant’?
Regularly deals in goods in the contract, or acts like it, and entered the contract for the business.
How to know when there has been an offer?
When it creates a ‘reasonable expectation’ of intent to enter a contract.
Can an invitation to enter into negotiations or make an offer be an offer to enter into a contract?
No
An offer involving realty must include what 2 things?
Land description
Price
In a contract for goods, when the parties agree to a quantity unknown at the time of the contract, the quantity can never be what?
Unreasonably disproportionate to estimates or prior dealings.
Without a time limit for acceptance, an offer remains effective for how long?
Reasonable amount of time.
What’s the difference between a counteroffer and an inquiry?
A counteroffer rejects the original offer.
An inquiry just negotiates and doesn’t reject the original offer.
When is a rejection effective?
Upon receipt by the offeror.
What are the 3 requirements to prove an indirect revocation by the offeror?
Offeree receives correct info,
from a reliable source,
that offeror acted in a way that a reasonable person would interpret as revocation.
When is an offer revocation effective?
Upon receipt by the offeree, or when published through comparable means as the offer.
What is an option contract?
Where there is consideration paid for keeping the offer open for a certain amount of time.
A merchant’s firm offer is not revocable. What are the 3 elements?
Merchant,
Offers to buy/sell goods in writing,
writing gives assurance that offer will remain open (3 months max).
A merchant’s firm offer that doesn’t specify a time is valid for how long?
A reasonable amount of time no longer than 3 months.
When is there an acceptance for a unilateral contract?
When performance is complete.
When can a unilateral offer be revoked?
Before performance has begun.
Is mere preparation considered performance for a unilateral contract?
No, but it may be considered detrimental reliance.
What are the 3 ways an offer is terminated by law?
Death or insanity of party,
Destruction of subject matter,
supervening illegality.
For goods, is shipment of nonconforming goods considered acceptance?
Yes, but also a breach.
The mirror image rule generally applies accept in what kinds of contracts?
Contracts between merchants for goods.