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Contractt Flashcards

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Is a meeting of minds between two persons whereby one binds himself, with respect to the other, to give something or to render some service

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CONTRACT

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An obligation whereby an agreement entered unto upon sufficient consideration to do or not to do a particular thing

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CONTRACT

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True or False

All contracts are agreements, not all agreements are
contracts

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True

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True or False

Only those that give rise to civil obligation is called a contract

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True

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Every transaction between a dentist and a patient is a contract, either express or implied, or partly expressed and partly implied

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LEGAL NATURE OF THE TRANSACTION

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Terms and conditions are made known to each part either in writing or verbal

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Expressed Contract

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One or more terms or conditions are not definitely known but are taken for granted by operation of law

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Implied Contract

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A concluded or inferred agreement from the overt acts or conduct of the parties which the law presumed or ascribed as the manifestation of intention of parties to enter into a contract

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Implied Contract

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True or False

Every contract contains an offer, acceptance, and consideration

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True

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when you accept an offer, it must be an unconditional and unequivocal acceptance to the exact terms of the offer; if not, it becomes a counteroffer

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Acceptance

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arbitration clauses set up provisions whereby independent and binding arbitrators settle contractual disputes

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Arbitration

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  • Standard contract clauses use universal language as a type of template
  • Usually found at the end of the contract
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Boilerplate

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Boilerplate clauses includes?

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  • arbitration clauses
  • entire agreement clauses
  • force majeure clauses
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when one part of the contract accuses the other party of not following the terms of the contract

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Breach

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  • provisions of a contract that specify a particular occurrence
  • In the event these conditions happen, this is what the contract does in response
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Conditions

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something of value that is bargained for and given in exchange for the promise contained in the offer

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Consideration

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something such as monetary compensation, that is awarded for a breach of contract

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Damages

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18
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a clause that protects the contracting parties by declaring that the contract represents the complete and final agreement between the parties

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Entire Agreement

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19
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a clause in contracts that excuses a part from not performing their contractual obligations due to unforeseen events beyond their control

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Force Majeure

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guaranty of loan is an agreement where one party guarantees a second party’s loan obligation to a third party

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Guaranty

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a promise to carry out the terms of the proposed transaction, in exchange for the consideration

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Offer

22
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introductory paragraphs of a contract that describe the nature of the contract and why each party has elected to enter into the agreement

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Recitals

23
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  • First element
  • Should be intelligently given with an exact idea of what it refers to be free and spontaneous by the contracting parties
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Consent

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an indispensable element for the existence of consen

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Legal capacity

25
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presuposses legal capacity

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legal consent

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consent given through the following renders the contract voidable

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Visiation of Consent

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transgresses intelligence

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Mistake

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transgresses freedom of consent

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Violence/force

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transgresses freedom of consent

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Intimidation

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transgresses reasonable freedom of choice

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Undue influence

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transgresses spontaneousity

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Fraud

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  • The thing which is agreed upon receiving the consideration to do or not to do
  • Thing, right, or services which is the subject matter of the obligation arising from the contract
  • The aim of purpose of the contract
  • The object must not be outside the commerce of men
  • It must not be contrary to law, morality, good customs, public order, and public policy
  • Impossible things or services cannot be the object of a contract
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Object or Subject Matter

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  • A promise or a performance bargained by a promisor in exchange of that promise
  • The price asked by a promisor in entering into a subject matter of a contract
  • States why each party is joining to an agreement; something worth bargaining for
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Cause or Consideration

34
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the cause is the prestation or promise of a thing or service by the other i.e., dental treatments

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onerous contracts

35
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the cause is the service or benefit which is to be compensated i.e., job contracts

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remuneratory contracts

36
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the cause is the mere liberality of the benefactor i.e., donation

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contracts of pure beneficence

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HOW AND WHEN A CONTRACTS ARE PERFECTED:

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  • Contracts are perfected by a mere consent
  • All contracts in Civil Code are consensual, and are perfected from the moment the parties agree as regards the definite subject matter and a fixed consideration
  • The moment of perfection, obligation arise and are binding between the parties and their heirs
  • Consent is manifested through acceptance
38
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  • “I give that you may give”;
  • applied to a giving of money or goods under a promise of repayment in money or goods, and to loans of money, and contracts of sale
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Do ut Des

39
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  • “I perform so that you are to perform”;
  • signifies an agreement to do work for another if the other will do work for him; or to do any other positive acts on both sides; or it maybe to forbear on one side in consideration of something done on the other
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Facio ut facias

40
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  • “I do that you may give”;
  • a valid and enforceable contract results from an implied consent where one party renders service to another and the latter accepts such service without proof that the same is given gratuitously
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Facio ut des

41
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  • “I pay in order that you may perform”;
  • when one agrees with the employee to give such wage based on performance
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Do ut facias

42
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  • Contracts that was validly or legally entered by two consenting/contracting parties
  • But, one party is prejudiced than the other; impartial or unequal contract
  • One party would suffer much damages
  • Court may rescind the contract if one party would suffer damages more than the other from a contract agreement in the interest of equity
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RESCISSIBLE CONTRACTS

43
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These contracts are binding, unless they are annulled by a
proper action in court; they are susceptible of ratification

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VOIDABLE CONTRACTS

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VOIDABLE CONTRACTS

Give the 2 example of contracts that are voidable or annullable, even though there may been no damage to the contracting parties

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  1. Those where one of the parties is incapable of giving consent to a contract i.e. minor aged contracting party
  2. Those where the consent is vitiated by mistake, violence,
    intimidation, undue influence, or fraud
45
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  • When contract is not in writing, it is called unenforceable contract
  • There is no basis to enforce the contract obligations
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UNENFORCEABLE CONTRACTS

46
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  • Contracts that are null and void from the very beginning because of its impossibility
  • These contracts cannot be ratified, neither can the right to set up the defense of illegality be waived
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VOID CONTRACTS

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