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\Law Chapter 6
Buisness Law
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| contracts | agreement between two parties that creates an obligation |
| offeror | party who makes an offer to form a contract |
| offeree | party to whom an offer is made |
| consideration | what a person demands and generally must receive in order to make his or her promise legally binding |
| executed contract | contract that has been fully performed |
| executory contract | contract that has not been fully performed |
| implied-in-fact contract | contract that does not have its terms expressly stated, but that can be inferred from the parties’ acts or conduct |
| implied-at-law (quasi) contract | not really a contract but instead a fiction created by the law to allow the enforcement of a contractual remedy where justice alone warrants such a remedy |
| unilateral contract | offeror promises something in return for the offeree’s performance and indicates that this performance is the way acceptance must be made |
| bilateral contract | offeree can accept offer by giving a promise to the offeror instead of performing the contracted-for act |
| offer | proposal by an offeror to do something, provided the offeree does something in return |
| revocation | withdrawing an offer before it is accepted |
| counteroffer | offeree’s response to an offer which modifies it |
| option | separate contract arising when the offeree gives the offeror something of value in return for a promise to leave an offer open |
| firm offer | contractual proposal in writing by a merchant stating how long the offer is to stay open |
| acceptance | in contracts, occurs when a party to whom an offer has been made agrees to the proposal; in commercial paper, drawee’s promise to pay the obligee of a draft when the instrument is due |
| mirror image rule | requires that the terms in the acceptance must exactly match the terms contained in the offer |