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Legal Environment Test

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Breach of Contract
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Commercial Impracticability
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Tender
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Restitution
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Bilateral Mistake
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Voluntary Consent
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Penalty
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Statute of Frauds
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Accord and Satisfaction
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Liquidated Damages
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Mutual Rescission
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Novation
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Impossibility of Performance
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Consequential Damages
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Unilateral Mistake
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Delegation
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Scienter
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Intended Beneficiary
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Discharge
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Anticipatory Repudiation
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A mistake that occurs when both parties to a contract are mistaken about the same material fact.
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Knowledge of, and genuine assent to, the terms of a contract.
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An amount, stipulated in a contract, that the parties to the contract believe to be a reasonable estimate of the damages that will occur in the event of a breach.
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The termination of one’s obligation under a contract.
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The substitution, by agreement, of a new contract for an old one, with the rights under the old one being terminated.
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A doctrine under which a party to a contract is relieved of his or her duty to perform when performance becomes objectively impossible or totally impracticable (through no fault of either party).
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Knowledge by the misrepresenting party that material facts have been falsely represented or omitted with an intent to deceive.
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A sum named in a contract as punishment for a default.
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An agreement and payment (or other performance) between two parties, one of whom has a right of action against the other.
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An equitable remedy under which a person is restored to his or her original position before formation of a contract.
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The transfer of a contractual duty to a third party.
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A doctrine under which a court may excuse the parties from performing a contract when the performance becomes much more difficult or costly due to an event that the parties did not foresee or anticipate at the time the contract was made.
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An assertion or action by a party indicating that he or she will not perform an obligation that the party is contractually obligated to perform at a future time.
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Special damages that compensate for a loss that is not direct or immediate.
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A mistake that occurs when one party to a contract is mistaken as to a material fact.
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The failure, without legal excuse, of a promisor to perform the obligations of a contract.
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A timely offer or expression of willingness to pay a debt or perform an obligation.
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An agreement between the parties to cancel their contract, releasing the parties from further obligations under the contract.
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A state statute under which certain types of contracts must be in writing to be enforceable.
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A third party for whose benefit a contract is formed and who can sue the promisor if the contract is breached.
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In a contractual agreement, a condition that must be met before a party’s promise becomes absolute.
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A third party who incidentally benefits from a contract but whose benefit was not the reason the contract was formed.
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A court-ordered correction of a written contract so that it reflects the true intentions of the parties.
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The fulfillment of one’s duties arising under a contract.
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The act of transferring to another all or part of one’s rights arising under a contract.
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One for whose benefit a promise is made in a contract but who is not a party to the contract.
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An equitable remedy requiring exactly the performance that was specified in a contract. Usually, it is granted only when money damages would be an inadequate remedy and the subject matter of the contract is unique (for example, real property).
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A rule requiring a plaintiff to do whatever is reasonable to minimize the damages caused by the defendant.
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A fictional contract imposed on parties by a court in the interests of fairness and justice.
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A qualification, provision, or clause in a contractual agreement. The occurrence or nonoccurrence of the condition creates, suspends, or terminates the obligations of the contracting parties.

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