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Chapter 9-18

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1
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Contract

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  • Legally enforced agreement
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Offeror

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  • Party who makes an offer to enter into a contract
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Offeree

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  • Party to whom an offer to enter into a contract is made
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Components of a Contract

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  • Serious agreement
  • Consideration
  • Contractual Capacity
  • Lawful Object
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Consideration

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  • Something of legal value given in exchange for a promise

- Both sides must give consideration to other

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Contractual Capacity

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  • The necessary capacity of parties to enter into the contract
  • People who can enter a contract must be sane
  • Minors could enter into a contract
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Lawful Object

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  • An element of a contract that is met where the object of a contract is not illegal
  • Has lawful purpose
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Contract Types

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  • Bilateral

- Unilateral

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Bilateral

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  • A contract entered into by way of exchange of promises of the parties
  • Promise for promise
  • As soon as promises are exchanged then the contract is formed
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Unilateral

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  • A contract in which the offeror’s offer can be accepted only by the performance of an act by the offeree
  • Promise for performance
  • Contract is formed when performance is rendered
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Formal Contract

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  • Contract that has a state seal
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Informal Contract

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  • Contract that has no state seal
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Void Contract

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  • A contract that has no legal effect
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Voidable Contract

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  • One party and only one can escape the contract
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Executed

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  • A contract that has been fully performed on both sides
  • Completed contract
  • Both sides did everything they had to do
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Executory

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  • A contract that has not been fully performed

- Incomplete contract

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Express Contract

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  • An agreement that is expressed in written or oral words
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Implied-In-Fact Contract

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  • A contract in which an agreement between parties has been inferred from their conduct
  • No words used
  • Also known as Contract by Conduct
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Court of Equity

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  • Court that granted relief based on fairness
  • Fairest possible thing for all parties
  • Also called Equity Court
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Agreement

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  • The manifestation by two or more persons of the substance of a contract
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What is the difference between a contract and an agreement?

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  • A contract is legally binding
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Offer

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  • The manifestation of willingness to enter into a bargain
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True or False: An offer is effective without communication to the offeree from the offeror

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  • False, no offer is effective until communicated
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Advertisement

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  • An invitation to make an offer or invitation to negotiate
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True or False: If an advertisement says it is an offer, it is considered a valid offer

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  • False, advertisements are invitations to make an offer even if the add says it is an offer
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Auction

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  • A sale in which a seller of goods offers goods for sale through an auctioneer
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Auction with Reserve

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  • An auction in which the seller retains the right to require the highest bid and withdraw the goods from sale
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Auction without Reserve

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  • An auction in which the seller expressly gives up his or her right to withdraw the goods from sale and must accept the highest bid
  • Once bidding starts you are forced to accept the offer
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True or False: Unless expressed otherwise, an auction is an auction without reserve

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  • False, unless expressed otherwise, an auction is an auction with reserve
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True or False: The auctioneer is the judge, jury, and executioner

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  • True
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True or False: Sale in an auction is complete when gavel is struck once

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  • True
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True or False: In an auction, between saying “sold” and the gavel striking, it is up to the seller to accept or ignore the offer

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  • False, it is up to the auctioneer to accept or ignore offer
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Rules of Offers

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  • Can only be one offer on the table

- If offer is terminated, it stays dead

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Revocation

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  • The withdrawal of an offer by an offeror prior to its acceptance by the offeree
  • Only offerors can revoke an offer
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True or False: Dead offers cannot be revived

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  • True
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Rejection

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  • Express words or conduct by the offeree that rejects an offer
  • Offeree can be the only one to do this
  • Terminates the offer
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Counteroffer

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  • A response by an offeree that contains terms and conditions different from or in addition to those of the offer
  • Terminates original offer
  • Counter-offeree can only accept it
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Destruction of Subject Matter

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  • An offer terminates if the subject matter of the offer is destroyed through no fault of either party prior to the offer’s acceptance
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True or False: If the offeror dies or loses their sanity before acceptance, the offer is still valid

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  • False, if the offeror dies before acceptance offer is not valid because the offer has died with them
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True or False: An offeree is the only person who can accept the offer

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  • True
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True or False: There can be more than one offeree

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  • True
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Unequivocal Acceptance

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  • An offeree’s acceptance of an offer that is clear, unambiguous, and has only one possible meaning
  • Absolute acceptance
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Mirror Image Rule

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  • A rule that states that for an acceptance to exist, the offeree must accept the terms as states in the offer
  • Acceptance must be mirror image of the offer
  • Any variance creates counteroffer
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True or False: Silence can be acceptance

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  • False, silence is never acceptance
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Mailbox Rule

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  • A rule that states that an acceptance is effective when it is dispatched, even if it is lost in transmission
  • Tie breaking rule between revocation and acceptance occurring at the same time
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True or False: The mailbox rule applies to certain forms of transmission

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  • False, the mailbox rule applies to every form of transmission including fax, email, text, etc.
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Consideration

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  • Something of legal value is given in exchange for a promise
  • Both sides must give consideration
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True or False: Consideration given to another person does not have to be of equal value

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  • True
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Gift Promise

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  • A promise that is unenforceable because it lacks consideration
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Inter Vivos Gift

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  • A gift between two living people
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Illegal Consideration

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  • A promise to refrain from doing an illegal act

- Such a promise will not support a contract

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Output Contract

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  • A contract in which a seller agrees to sell all of its production to a single buyer
  • Pertains to the seller
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Requirements Contract

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  • A contract in which a buyer contracts to purchase all of its requirements for an item from one seller
  • Pertains to buyer
  • Buyer purchases from one seller
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Promissory Estoppel

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  • An equitable doctrine that permits enforcement of oral contracts that should have been in writing
  • Prevents unjust enrichment
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What does estops mean?

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  • To prevent
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Elements of Promissory Estoppel

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  • Promisor made a promise
  • Promisor should have reasonably expected to induce the promisee to reply on the promise
  • Promisee actually relied on the promise
  • Injustice would be caused if the promise were not enforced
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True or False: Modern society defines a minor as “18 and under”

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  • True
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Age of Majority

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  • The legal age, as set by state law, for a person to have the capacity to enter into a contract
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Rules For Minors Regarding Contract

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  • Could enter into a contract
  • Any contract a minor enters into with an adult is voidable
  • Minor must understand the contract
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True or False: Age doesn’t matter when entering a contract

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  • False, age matters
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Disaffirmance

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  • The act of a minor to rescind a contract under the infancy doctrine
  • Minor escaping from contract
  • May be accomplished orally, in writing, or by the minor’s conduct
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Ratification

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  • The act of a person after he or she has reached the age of majority by which he or she accepts a contract entered into when he or she was a minor
  • Only an adult can ratify a contract
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Necessaries of Life

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  • Food, clothing, shelter, medical care, and other items considered necessary to the maintenance of life
  • Minors must pay the reasonable value of necessaries of life for which they contract
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Two types of Mentally Incompetent Persons

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  • Permanent Mental Incompetence

- Episodic

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Permanent Mental Incompetence

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  • Could enter into a contract but only into one they could understand
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Episodic Mental Incompetence

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  • Could only enter into one when competent
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Adjudged Insane

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  • Declared legally insane by a judge

- Contract with an adjudged insane person is void

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True or False: A medical professional can rule legally declare a person to be insane

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  • False, only a judge rules a person insane
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Intoxicated Persons

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  • A person who is under contractual incapacity because of ingestion of alcohol or drugs to the point of incompetence
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True or False: Someone can be lawfully intoxicated and still know what they are doing which means that they cannot escape the contract

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  • True
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True or False: Not using intoxicating medications as prescribed is illegal

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  • True
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Usury Law (Modern)

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  • A law that sets an upper limit on the interest rate that can be charged on certain types of loans
  • Lending money at excessive interest
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Ancient Definition of Usury Law

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  • Lending money at any interest

- Penalty was death to the person that lent money and person that received the money

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Excessive Interest

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  • Federal maximum is 39.99%
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True or False: Every state in the United States has a different usury rate

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  • True, every state has it’s own
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Capital Good

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  • A good that lasts for 5 years or more
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Consumer Good

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  • A good that lasts for less than 5 years
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Credit Unions

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  • Member owned

- Have different laws applied to them

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Commercial Banks

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  • Charge the consumer as much interest as possible in order to give money to the shareholders
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Immoral Contracts

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  • Objective is commission of an act that society considers immoral
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Exculpatory Clause

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  • A contractual provision that relieves one (or both) of the parties to a contract from tort liability for ordinary negligence
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Unconscionable Contract

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  • A contract that courts refuse to enforce in part or at all because it is oppressive or manifestly unfair as to be unjust
  • Extremely fundamentally unfair
  • Outrageous to the reasonable person
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True or False: Legal mistakes of fact are the only mistakes that get any relief by the courts

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  • True
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Unilateral Mistake

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  • A mistake in which only one party is mistaken about a material fact regarding the subject matter of a contract
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Rules of Unilateral Mistake

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  • Too bad, slim to no chance you’ll get full money back

- If the other party knew or should’ve known, you may be able to get your money back but not in full

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Mutual Mistake of Fact

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  • A mistake made by both parties concerning a material fact that is important to the subject matter of a contract
  • Same as Mistake of Fact
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True or False: A mutual mistake of fact is where one of the parties involved makes a mistake

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  • False, both parties must make a mistake for it to be a mutual mistake of fact
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Mutual Mistake of Value

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  • A mistake that occurs if both parties know the object of the contract but are mistaken as to its value
  • You do not get money back
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Elements of Fraud

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  • False representation
  • Intent to deceive
  • Reliance on misrepresentation
  • Injury to innocent party
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Misrepresentation of Material Fact

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  • An element of fraud that occurs when a wrongdoer makes a false representation of material to another person
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Material Fact

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  • Serious, significant
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Intent to Deceive

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  • An element of fraud that occurs when a person makes a misrepresentation of a material fact with knowledge that the representation is false or makes it without sufficient knowledge of the truth
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Scienter

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  • Knowledge that a representation is false or that it was made without sufficient knowledge of the truth
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Reliance

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  • An element of fraud that occurs when the innocent party whom a misrepresentation of a material fact has been made justifiably relies on the misrepresentation and acts on it
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Injury

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  • Person who is injured could escape criminal charges
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Fraud in the Inception

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  • Fraud that occurs if a person is deceived as to the nature of his or her act and does not know what he or she is signing
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Fraud in the Inducement

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  • Fraud that occurs when the party knows what he or she is signing but has been fraudulently induced to enter into the contract
  • Party know what they are signing but person offering contract had no intention to live up to act or performance
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Fraud by Concealment

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-Fraud that occurs when one party takes specific action to conceal a material fact from another party

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Rule of Fraud of Concealment

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  • One does not have duty to disclose but if you take active measure to hide important information or if you lie about information then it is fraud
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Duress

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  • A situation in which one party threatens to do a wrongful act unless the other party enters into a contract
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Two Types of Duress

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  • Physical/Psychological

- Economic

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Physical/Psychological Duress

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  • Any threat against person and or immediate family
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Economic Duress

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  • Someone who threatens another’s economic status

- Person making threat must be able to carry out threat

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Undue Influence

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  • A situation in which one person takes advantage of another person’s mental, emotional, or physical weakness and unduly persuades that person to enter into a contract or make a will
  • One person controlling the other and gives the other party no chance at free will; they could have good or bad intent
  • Parties involved are called dominant/servient
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True or False: A contract that is entered into duress or undue influence is void

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  • False, A contract that is entered into duress or undue influence is a voidable contract
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Statute of Frauds for Common Contracts

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  • Established in 1677
  • First law to say that certain contracts must be in writing or they are not valid and that a basic contract will have both parties sign
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Note

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  • Where the terms of agreement are set forth but only signed by one party
  • Contract could only be enforced by person who signed it
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Writing Requirements Established by the Statute of Frauds for Common Contracts

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  • Any contract involving real property must be in writing
  • Terms of contract must be more than 1 year if by own terms
  • Promising to pay debt of another must be in writing
  • Any contract that pertains to marriage at all
  • Contracts for sale of goods $500 or more must be in writing
  • Contracts for lease of goods (NOT real property) $1,000 or more must be in writing
  • Promise to write a will
  • Promise of an executor (or personal representative) to pay debts of deceased from persons own pocket
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One Year Rule

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  • A rule that states that an executory contract that cannot be performed by its own terms within one year of its formation must be in writing
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Section 2-201(1) of the Uniform Commercial Code

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  • A section of the Uniform Commercial Code that states that sales contracts for the sale of goods costing $500 or more must be in writing
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Good

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  • Moveable, tangible, personal property
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Section 2A-201(1) of the Uniform Commercial Code

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  • A section of the Uniform Commercial Code that states that lease contracts involving payments of $1000 or more must be in writing
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Mixed Contract

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  • Rule is whatever is majority basis determines which contract it is
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True or False: An illiterate person could not sign or enter into any contract

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  • False; Illiterate people could sign contract with any kind of mark
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True or False: A signature does not have to be in ink

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  • True; there is 0 requirement for a signature to be in ink
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Rules for Signatures

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  • Someone who is physically incapable of writing could have someone assist them in writing but the person who helps them cannot touch the writing instrument; person must be the only one holding the writing instrument
  • Law allows use of mechanical aid
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Parol Evidence

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  • Any oral or written words outside the four corners of a written contract
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Parol Evidence Rule

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  • A rule that states if a written contract is complete and final statement of the parties agreement, any prior or contemporaneous oral or written statements that alter, contradict, or are in addition to the terms of the written contract are inadmissible in court regarding a dispute over the contract
  • Basically says if there is a written contract; no oral evidence can contradict it (writing always triumph oral)
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True or False: The older name for the parol evidence rule is the “four corners rule”

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  • True
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Exceptions to the Parol Evidence Rule

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  • Duress
  • Typographical error
  • Fraud in Inception or Execution
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Assignment of Right

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  • The transfer of contractual rights by an obligee to another party
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Assignor

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  • A party who transfers their contractual rights
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Assignee

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  • A party to whom a right has been transferred to
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Rules to Assignment of Right

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  • Anyone entitled to benefit could assign to someone else

- No permission is needed from both parties requires

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Duties that Cannot Be Delegated

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  • Personal service contracts calling for the exercise of personal skills, discretion, or expertise
  • Contracts whose performance would materially vary if the obligor’s duties were delegated
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Delegation of Duties

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  • A transfer of contractual duties by an obligor to another party for performance
  • You can object to this
  • Requires consent by both parties; cannot be forced upon someone
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Delegator

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  • Transfers their duty
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Delegatee

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  • Now has the duty that was transferred to them
129
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Covenant

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  • An unconditional promise to perform; must be met
  • Absolute contract; you have to do what you signed up for
  • Equivalent to strict liability
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Condition

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  • A qualification of a promise that becomes a covenant if met
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Types of Conditions

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  • Precedent
  • Subsequent
  • Concurrent
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Condition Precedent

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  • A condition that requires the occurrence of an event before a party is obligated to perform a duty under a contract
  • Where something must happen before parties are obligated to perform
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Condition Subsequent

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  • A condition whose occurrence or nonoccurrence of a specific even automatically excuses the performance of an existing contractual duty to perform
  • When something happens after the contract is formed that revokes the contract
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Concurrent Condition

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  • A condition that exists when the parties to a contract must render performance simultaneously; each party’s absolute duty to perform is conditioned on the other party’s absolute duty to perform
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Discharge of Performance

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  • Both parties perform
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Discharge by Agreement

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  • Both parties agree to discharge duties
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Discharge by Impossibility

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  • The death or capacity of the promisor prior to the performance of a personal service contract
  • The destruction of the subject matter of a contract prior to performance
  • A supervening illegality that make performance of the contract illegal
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Force Majeure Clause

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  • A clause in a contract in which the parties specify certain events that will excuse nonperformance
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Four Categories of Performance and Breach

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  • Complete performance
  • Substantial performance
  • Inferior performance
  • Anticipatory breach
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Complete Performance

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  • A situation in which a party to a contract renders performance exactly as required by the contract
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Substantial Performance

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  • Performance by a contracting party that deviates only slightly from complete performance
  • One of the parties did not completely do what was agreed upon but they did a vast majority of it
  • Party must have done more than half of the work
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Formula for Substantial Performance

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  • Full contract price - Reasonable amount necessary to complete work/job
  • Party must have done more than half of the work
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Material Breach

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  • A breach that occurs when a party renders inferior performance of his or her contractual duties
  • Anything less than 50% of work
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Inferior Performance

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  • A situation in which a party fails to perform express or implied contractual obligations and impairs or destroys the essence of a contract
145
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True or False: Only the innocent party can rescind a contract that is breached yet both parties are entitled to benefit of the bargain

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  • True
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Anticipatory Breach

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  • A breach that occurs when one contracting party informs the other that he or she will not perform his or her contractual duties when done
  • Basically when one contracting party informs the other party that they will not perform
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Monetary Damages

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  • An award of money

- Preferred remedy when someone breaches a contract

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Compensatory Damages

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  • An award of money intended to compensate a nonbreaching party for loss of the bargain
149
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Nominal Damages

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  • Foreseeable damages that arise from circumstances outside a contract
  • Reasonable foreseeable damages
150
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Punitive Damages

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  • Reasonable amount of money to punish party to prevent breaching party
  • This action is disfavored in contract lawsuits
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Mitigation of Damages

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  • Nonbreaching party’s legal duty to avoid or reduce damages caused by a breach of contract
152
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True or False: All parties have a duty to try and mitigate the damages

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  • True
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Liquidated Damages

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  • Damages that parties to a contract agree in advance should be paid if the contract is breached
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Rescission

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  • An action to rescind a contract

- Basically means that it is an action to undo a contract; nonbreaching party can rescind

155
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Restitution

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  • The return of goods or property received from the other party to rescind a contract
  • Means the return of goods or property received from the other party to rescind a contract
156
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Write of Attatchment

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  • An order of the court that enables a government officer to seize property of breaching party and sell it at auction to satisfy a judgement
  • Basically means that there is an court order that sends the sheriff or other government officer to seize property (also means seizing bank accounts) and sell to pay off debt
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Writ of Garnishment

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  • Order that wages, bank accounts, or other property of the breaching party held by third persons be paid to non breaching party to satisfy judgement
  • Takes percentage of your wages
158
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Equitable Remedy

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  • A remedy that is available if there has been a breach of contract that cannot be adequately compensated through a legal remedy or to prevent unjust enrichment
  • These are known as non-monetary remedies
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Specific Performance

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  • A court orders the breaching party to perform the acts promised in the contract
  • When judge orders someone to do exactly what they promised in a contract
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Unique

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  • Not like any other; one and only one of a kind
  • Does not mean rare
  • Does not mean valuable
  • If there are too, it is not unique
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True or False: You will have a definite case if you apply specific performance to any contract involving real property

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  • True
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True or False: You might have a case if you apply specific performance to any contract involving the sale of unique personal property

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  • True
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When can you never get specific performance?

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  • When a contract involved labor or personal services

- Involuntary servitude

164
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Reformation

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  • A court rewrites a contract to express the parties true intentions; remedy used to correct clerical errors
  • Means court rewrites contract
165
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Injunction

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  • A court prohibits a party from doing a certain act; available in contract action only in limited circumstances
  • Basically it means an order to not do something
166
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Internet

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  • A collection of millions of computers that provide a network of electronic connections between the computers
  • Any electronic collection of computers
167
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World Wide Web

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  • An electronic connection of millions of computers that support a standard set of rules for the exchange of information
  • HTTP helps exchange information in the world wide web
168
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Electronic Mail Contract

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  • A contract entered into by the parties using e-mail

- The mailbox rule still applies to this where the acceptance is upon dispatch and revocation upon receipt

169
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Types of Electronic Mail Contracts

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  • Exchange of Emails (traditional)

- Clickwrap Contract

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Exchange of Emails Contract

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  • Someone delivers the offer and then the other accepts it
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Clickwrap Contract

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  • Click checkbox “I accept” after reading terms and conditions
  • Hit send
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True or False: There can be a counteroffer against clickwrap

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  • False; no such thing as a counteroffer against clickwrap
173
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License

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  • A contract that transfers limited rights in intellectual property and informational rights
174
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Licensor

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  • The party who grants a license
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Licensee

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  • The party to whom a license is granted
176
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True or False: You do not but the computer software, you buy the license to use the software

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  • True
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ECPA

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  • Electronic Communications Privacy Act
  • A federal statute that makes it a crime to intercept an electronic communication at the point of transmission when stored by a router or server receipt by intended recipient
  • It basically makes it a federal crime to intercept electronic communications at any point along the chain of transmission (anything en-route or anything in storage)
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True or False: You must have prior permission before you read someones email

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  • True, having prior permission makes it legal
179
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Cybersquatting

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  • When a party registers a domain name of another party’s trademarked name or famous person’s name
180
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ACPA

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  • Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act

- Federal statute that makes cybersquatting illegal

181
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UCC

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  • Uniform Commercial Code

- A model acts that includes comprehensive laws that cover most aspects of commercial transaction

182
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What is the main purpose of the UCC?

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  • To make it easier to enter into contracts (easier than traditional methods)
183
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Article 2 (UCC-2)

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  • An article of the UCC that governs sale of goods
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Sale

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  • The passing of goods from a seller to a buyer for a price
185
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True or False: A copyright is not considered to be a good

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  • True
186
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True or False: Every state follows Article 2 set by the UCC

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  • False; every state except for Louisiana
187
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True or False: Money is a good

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  • False
188
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Merchant

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  • A person who deals in the goods of the kind involved in a transaction and by his or her occupation holds himself or herself out as having knowledge or skill peculiar to the goods involved in the transaction
  • Basically means someone whose predominant income is from sale of goods, or they are professional
189
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Casual Seller

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  • A hobbyist, not a merchant
190
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Article 2A (UCC-2A)

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  • Governs leases of goods

- Leasing or renting of goods

191
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Lease

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  • A transfer of the right to the possession and use of named goods for a set of terms in return for certain circumstances
  • $1,000 or more it has to be in writing
  • Renting good for specified period of time
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Lessor

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  • A person who transfers the right of possession and use of goods under a lease of goods
193
Q

Lessee

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  • A person who acquires the right to possession and use of goods under a lease of goods
194
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Gap Filling Rule

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  • A rule that says an open term can be “read into” a contract
195
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Open Price Term

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  • Reasonable price chosen by courts
  • If price not set in contract:
    • Parties must attempt to agree to price
    • If and only if parties cannot agree, judge sets the price
    • Judge price cannot be challenged; judge will try and do half of what was asked
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Open Payment Term

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  • Basically means that if you say nothing, payment is due when time and place that good is received
197
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Open Delivery Term

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  • If a seller doesn’t specify place of delivery it happens at seller’s place of business or residential place
198
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Open Time Term

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  • If it doesn’t have time specification the judge will adhere a reasonable amount of time into the contract
199
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Open Assortment Term

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  • Buyer is given option of choosing goods

- Buyer must make a selection with good faith

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Custom Goods

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  • You do not need for it to be in writing

- Specifically Made Manufactured Goods

Business Law (13 decks)

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