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Business law Stack #12095

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Vocabulary Chap 6-13
Defined 2 by Ashcroft 15th Ed
offer   A proposal to make a contract  
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offeror   Person who makes an offer  
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offeree   Person to whom offer is made  
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option   Binding promise to hold an offer open  
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firm offer   A merchant's signed, written offer to sell or purchase goods saying it will be held open  
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counteroffer   Offeree's response that rejects offer by varying its terms  
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"mailbox rule"   manner of acceptance  
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minor   Person under the legal age to contract  
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necessaries   Items required for living at a reasonable standard  
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disaffirmance   Repudiation of a voidable contract  
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convict   Person found guilty by court of major criminal offense  
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consideration   What promisor requires as the price for a promise  
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composition of creditors   Whan all of mulitple creditors settle in full for a fraction of the amount owed  
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forbearance   Refraining from doing something  
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Promissory Estoppel   Substitute for consideration when another acts in reliance on promisor's promise  
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unilateral mistake   Mistake by one party to a contract  
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mutual mistake   Mistake by both parties to a contract  
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fraud   Inducing another to contract as a result of an intentionally or recklessly false statement of a material fact  
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fraud in the induement   Defrauded party intended to make a contract  
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fraud in the execution   Defrauded party did not intend to enter into a contract  
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active fraud   Party engages in action that causes the fraud  
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misrepresentation   False statement of a material fact  
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passive fraud   Failure to disclose information when there is duty to do so  
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innocent misrepresentation   False statement made in belief it is true  
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duress   Obtaining consent by means of a threat  
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undue influence   Person in special relationship causing another'ls action contrary to free will  
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rescind   To set a contract aside  
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reformation   Judicial correction of a contract  
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gambling contract   Agreement in which parties win or lose by chance  
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usury   Charging higher rate of interest than law allows  
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maximum contract rate   Highest legal rate of interest  
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legal rate   Interest rate applied when no rate specified  
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statue of frauds   Law requireing certian contract to be in writing  
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debt   Obligation to pay money  
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default   Breach of contractual obligation other than money  
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parol evidence   Oral testimony  
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parol evidence rule   Complete, written contract may not be modified by oral testimony unless evidence of fraud, accident, or mistake  
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third-party beneficiary   Person not party to contract but whom parties intended to benefit  
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creditor beneficiary   Person to whom promisee owes obligation, which is discharged if promisor performs  
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Donee beneficiary   Third-party beneficiary for whom performance is a gift  
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Incidental beneficiary   Person who unitentionally benefits from performance of contract  
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novation   Termination of a contract and substitution of a new one with same terms by new party  
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assignment   Conveyance of rights in a contract to a person not a party  
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assignor   Person making an assignment  
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assignee   Person to whom contract right is assigned  
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joint contract   Contract obligating or entitliing two or more people together to performance  
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several contract   Two or more people individually agree to perform obligation  
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joint and several contract   Two or more people bound jointly and individually  
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tender of performance   Offer to perform in satisfaction of terms of contract  
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tender of payment   Offer and ability to pay money owed  
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legal tender   Any form of lawful money  
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statute of limitations   Time w/in which right to sue must be exercised or lost  
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damages   Sum of money awarded to injured party  
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breach   Failure or refusal to perform contractual obligations  
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anticipatory breach   One party announces intention not to perform prior to time to perform  
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nominal damages   Small amount awarded when there is technical breach but no injury  
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compensatory damages   Amount equal to the loss sustained  
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punitive damages   Amount paid to one party to punish the other  
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liquidated damages   Sum fixed by contract for breach where actual damages difficult to measure  
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rescind   Set aside or cancel  
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specific performance   Carrying out the terms of contract  
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malpractice   Failure to perform w/ ability and care normally exercised by people in the profession  
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