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A legally binding agreement between two parties. | ''Law.'' | ||
A contract is a legally binding agreement between two parties. | |||
Essential elements of an enforceable contract under English law include offer and acceptance, consideration, and legal capacity to contract (together with other legal requirements). | Essential elements of an enforceable contract under English law include offer and acceptance, consideration, and legal capacity to contract (together with other legal requirements). | ||
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* [[Exemption clause]] | * [[Exemption clause]] | ||
* [[Express term]] | * [[Express term]] | ||
* [[Fit for purpose]] | |||
* [[Frustration]] | * [[Frustration]] | ||
* [[Implied term]] | * [[Implied term]] | ||
Revision as of 18:15, 14 April 2019
Law.
A contract is a legally binding agreement between two parties.
Essential elements of an enforceable contract under English law include offer and acceptance, consideration, and legal capacity to contract (together with other legal requirements).
The fundamentals of contract law are similar throughout the countries of Europe, the US and many other jurisdictions.
However, each jurisdiction has its own individual contract law and, although these may be similar in many respects, they can also be significantly different in essential elements, for example in relation to the requirement for consideration.
See also
- Arbitration clause
- Assignment
- Breach of contract
- Capacity
- Carve-out
- Condition
- Consensus in idem
- Consideration
- Contra proferentem
- Counter-offer
- Deal
- Eiusdem generis
- Engagement letter
- Exemption clause
- Express term
- Fit for purpose
- Frustration
- Implied term
- Indemnity clause
- Invitation to treat
- Lease
- Liquidated damages
- Long term contracts
- Minor
- Misrepresentation
- My word is my bond
- Negligence
- Open interest
- Performance risk
- Privity of contract
- Repudiation
- Restrictive covenant
- Service agreement
- Sweetheart deal
- Tort
- Trade
- Warranty
- Zero hours contract
