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Bus Law 2.01
Understanding elements and characteristics of a contract
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acceptance | |
| Benefits | |
| Bilateral | |
| Capacity | |
| Consideration | |
| Counteroffer | any change in the terms of the offer |
| Death | offeror dies |
| Detriments | |
| Duress | |
| Economic Duress | |
| Emancipation | |
| Express | |
| Firm Offer | a written offer for goods that states the period of time during which the offer will stay open |
| Forbearance | |
| Fraudulent Misrepresentation | |
| Genuine Agreement | |
| Illusory Promises | |
| Implied | |
| Insanity | offeror is declared insane |
| Legality | |
| Mentally Incapacitated | |
| Mirror Image Rule | Terms of the acceptance must match exactly (mirror) the terms of the offer |
| Mutual Mistake | |
| Nominal Consideration | |
| Offer | a proposal by one party to another with intent to create a legal binding agreement |
| Offeree | offer made to this person |
| Offeror | makes the offer |
| Option | the offeree gives the offeror something of value in return for a promise to keep the offer open for a set period of time |
| Oral | |
| Past performance | |
| Price Fixing | |
| Rejection | refusal by the offeree |
| Restrictive Covenant | |
| Revocation | taking back of an offer by offeror |
| Statute of Frauds | |
| Unconscionable | |
| Undue Influence | |
| Unenforceable Contract | |
| Unilateral | |
| Unilateral Mistake | |
| Usury | |
| Valid Contract | |
| Void Contract | |
| Voidable Contract | |
| Written |