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Contract Law

Chapter 1 - Overview of Contracts
Important Terms

 

 

BILATERAL CONTRACT

A promise for a promise.

 

 

IMPLIED-IN-FACT CONTRACT

A contract in which the promises of the parties are inferred from their actions as opposed to specific words.

 

 

OPERATION OF LAW

A manner in which rights and obligations devolve on a person without the act or cooperation of the party himself or herself.

 

 

PROMISOR

The one who gives consideration in a bilateral contract.

 

 

UNILATERAL CONTRACT

A promise for an act.

 

 

VOIDABLE CONTRACT

A contract that one party may avoid at his or her option without being in breach of contract.