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Law Chapter 6
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 |
express contract | contract in which all the terms are expressly stated either orally or in writing |
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-in-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 |