CHAPTER 11 NATURE AND CLASSES OF CONTRACTS CHAPTER OUTLINE A. NATURE OF CONTRACTS 1. DEFINITION OF A CONTRACT general rule. A contract is a legally binding agreement. Stated another way‚ "a contract is a promise or a set of promises for the breach of which the law gives a remedy‚ or the performance of which the law in some way recognizes as a duty." (Restatement‚ Contracts‚ 2d) study hint. The essence of a contract is that (1) by mutual agreement (2) parties create obligations
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possibility they will be unable to earn enough to satisfy its debt obligations. Profitability Ratios measure the overall earnings performance of a company and its efficiency in utilizing assets‚ liabilities and equity. 2. An income statement in which each account is expressed as a percentage of the value of sales it is expressed as a percentage of the value of sales. Common size income statement analysis allows an analyst to determine how the various components of the income statement affect a company’s
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Contract Classification | Basis of Defect | Status of Contract | Legal Effects | Prescriptive Period | Ratifiability | A.Rescissible1. Contracts entered into in behalf of wards 2. Contracts agreed upon in representation of absentees 3. Contracts undertaken in fraud of creditors a. existing credit prior to the contract to be rescinded b. fraud on the part of the debtor c. creditor cannot recover his credit in any other manner 4. Contracts which refer to things under litigation
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Employment Contract This Employment Agreement is made effective as of June 26th‚ 2013 and is between Joshua James‚ Frederick Alan‚ and Dave Darwin of the Builders Licensing and Training Institute in Grand Rapids‚ Michigan (referred to as “the company”) and John Andrews (referred to as “the employee”). The terms of this AT-WILL Employment Contract are set forth below. Employment. The Company shall employ John Andrews as a building instructor. This employee shall provide to the Company the
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Equipment 6 Work performance and correction 6 Holidays and sickness 6 Exclusivity 6 3. Concusions 6 UK income TAX 7 1. Taxable person 7 2. Tax year 7 3. Self assessment 7 4. Payment dates 8 5. Procedures involved in application of surcharges‚ interests and penalties 8 ADMIN OF PAYE SYSTEM 9 1. Basis Of Assessment 9 2. Tax Codes 10 3. Operation Of The Paye System 10 4. Paye Forms Used 11 Introduction The report has been compiled for the purpose of given an information and familiarisation with
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------------------------------------------------- HND BUSINESS CONTRACT LAW | Aspects of Contract and Negligence | | | HND BUSINESS - CONTRACT LAW Case 1 1.1 Introduction A contract is a legally binding agreement between two or more people in writing or in words that includes a valid offer and acceptance. The essential elements of a binding contract are: 1. Offer and Acceptance 2. Consideration given by both sides 3. The intention to create legal relationship 4. Privity 5. Capacity
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4. NOTES 4.1. THE ESSENTIALS OF A VALID CONTRACT A. ESSENTIAL No 1 The Parties Must Act Within Their Contractual Capacity What is contractual capacity? We view it in relation to the concepts of personality and legal status: PERSONALITY – determines that you are a legal entity or persona. As a result of this personality you acquire legal status ie your legal status defines that legal personality further. STATUS then describes your legal “condition” eg a married woman‚ A public
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Contents Executive summery 3 Introduction 3 LO 1 A valid contract in a Business Context 3 1.1 The importance of the essential elements required for the formation of a valid contract 3 1.2 Impact of different types of contract 4 1.3 Analyze terms in contracts 5 LO 2 Elements of a contract in Business situations 6 2.1 Elements of contract in given business scenarios 6 2.2 Law on terms in different contracts 6 2.3 Effect of different terms in given contracts 7 LO 3 Negligence in Business Activities
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What is Contract? Discuss Essentials of Contact. According to Section 2 (h) of the Indian Contact Act‚ 1872‚ "A contract is “an agreement enforceable by law”. A contract therefore‚ is an agreement the object of which is to create a legal obligation i.e.‚ a duty enforceable by law. From the above definition‚ we find that a contract essentially consists of two elements: (1) An agreement and (2) Legal obligation i.e.‚ a duty enforceable by law. As per section 2 (e) "Every promise and every set of
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Introduction A contract is formed when one of the parties has to accept an offer made by the other. Here‚ David places an advertisement in the local newspaper of a reward‚ £1000 for the safe return of each of his six cats. This shows he is making an offer to all the readers of the Daily Bungle. An offer is defined as follows: “An offer is a statement of the terms upon which the offeror is prepared to be bound if acceptance is communicated while the offer remains alive1.” The critical aspect of
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