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Selling Property
Term | Definition |
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Statue of Frauds | Requires certain contacts to be in writing in order to be enforceable. |
Statute of Limitations | Laws that allow a specific time during which two parties to a contract may bring legal suit to enforce their rights after which time such rights are lost. |
Offer and Acceptance | Mutual Assent, Meeting of minds |
Offeror | The person making the offer |
Offeree | The person receiving offer |
Back up offer | Once accepted by seller, no other offer can be accepted unless specifically allowed by the contract. |
Revoked | An offer can be revoked by the offeror at any time prior to the acceptance being communicated back to him/ her. |
Counteroffer | Rejecting offer and preparing a new one or by making the changes desired right on the offer |
Contingent offers | In the event the contingency’s is not satisfied , contract becomes null and void. Deposit refunded. |
Valuable Concideration | May be money. A note, love and affection. There is no money set by law. |
Unilateral contract | A promise is exchanged for an act. |
Bilateral contract | A promise is exchanged for another promise. |
Legal Capacity | Person entering contract must have legal capacity. I.e., of sound mindand legal age. |
Legal objective | A contract for illegal purposes is void. |
Valid contract | Legally binding |
Void contract | Missing an essential element |
Voidable Contract | Can be voided or enforced by party who entered contract under duress or was mislead which results in being legally injured. |
Unenforceable Contract | An oral contract which is not enforceable because it does not meet the statue of frauds. |