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LGLA1351-Chapter 4
Basic Contract Law for Paralegals
| Answer | Question |
|---|---|
| Accord & Satisfaction | a special agreement in which the parties to a disputed contract agree to new terms in exchange for forbearing to sue under the original contract. |
| Caveat emptor | Latin phrase meaning "let the buyer beware". |
| Caveat venditor | Latin phrase meaning "let the seller beware". |
| Charitable subscription | pledge or promise to donate money to a charity; given the enforceability of a contract under law. |
| Conditional promise | a promise dependent on the happening or non happening of a future event. |
| Consideration | a benefit conferred or a detriment incurred; a basic requirement of every valid contract. |
| Co-signer | person who agrees to be equally liable with a promisor under a contract. |
| Formal contract | written contract under seal specifically enforced by statute. |
| Guarantee | an enforceable written promise to answer for the debts of another. |
| Guarantor | person who agrees to be responsible to answer for the debts of another should the debtor default. |
| Mutuality of consideration | the bargain element of a contract that requires each side to give and receive something of legal value. |
| Nominal consideration | consideration of insufficient legal value to support a contract. |
| Preexisting duty role | promises to do what one is already bound to do is not consideration. |
| Promissory estoppel | doctrine in which promises not supported by consideration are given enforceability, if the promissee had detrimentally relied on the promises. |
| Quid pro quo | Latin phrase meaning "this for that", the mutuality of consideration. |
| Sham consideration | legally insufficient consideration used to mask a gift in words of contract. |
| Sufficiency of the consideration | doctrine that each party to a contract must contribute something of legal value for which he has bargained. |