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General Knowledge of contract law
Question | Answer |
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Contract | A voluntary agreement between informed and capable parties to do, or to refrain from doing, something which is legal; to do or agree not to do and which is supported by adequate consideration |
Five elements of a contract COLIC | C- Competitive Parties O- Offer and Acceptance L- Legal; Legality of Objects I- Informed Parties C-Consideration |
Competitive Parties | All parties must be alive, of lawful age, and sound mind and mentally competent |
Offer and Acceptance | Sometimes referred to as mutual assent, this element shows there is a meeting of the minds that an offer was made and acceptance of that offer was reached |
Legal; legality of object | The purpose underlying the contract |
Consideration | may be money, anything of value, or just a statement that consideration exists, such as " for continued love and affection" or for good and valuable consideration. |
Contracts in real estate two additional elements | 1.) In writing and Signed 2.) Description of the Real Estate |
In writing and signed | real estate contracts, and -Personal property contracts in excess of $500 -require a written contract to be enforceable in court -this is known as the statue of frauds requirement |
Description of the real estate | re documents which will be recorded in the public, records, will require a legal descriip. mortgages, deeds of trust deeds, etc, non-recorded doc are usually acceptable with a st address or assessor's parcel number (APN),contracts, addendums, leases, disc |