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ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY

SUBMITTED TO:

                      SAMARA DILAWAR

SUBMITTED BY:

MUHAMMAD ASHRAF

Roll No                           AD-514309

Registration No               09-PPP-000919

Subject code 5547

Question No. 1

        Discuss in detail various essential of a valid contract.

        Make a comprehensive study of contract of bailment and contract of agency. ?

Answer (a)

What is Contract sec 2 (h)

“An agreement enforceable by law is a contract”. So therefore a contract is an agreement and to create legal obligation.

It is also defined as

According to law, so a contract is an agreement between two or more parties which, if it contains the elements of a valid legal agreement, is enforceable by law or by binding arbitration. A legally enforceable contract is an exchange of promises with specific legal remedies for breach. These can include compensatory remedy, whereby the defaulting party is required to pay monies that would otherwise have been exchanged were the contract honored, or an Equitable remedy such as Specific Performance, in which the person who entered into the contract is required to carry out the specific action they have reneged upon.

Different authors also defined the contract by their own words, some of them are as under:-

According to Salmond

“An agreement creating and defining obligations between the parties”

According to Sir William Anson

“A contract is an agreement enforceable at law made between two and more persons, by which rights are acquired by one or more to acts or forbearance on the parts of other or others.”

Valid Contract

A valid contract is a law binding agreement which will be signed by both parties. This contract will be valid. If one party fails to perform his obligations the other party has right to sue for the performance of contract.

Essential elements of a Valid Contract

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