Questions tagged [contract-law]
For questions about laws related to contracts, an agreement between two or more parties.
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What's it called when a law is created that just confirms a lesser known law that already exists?
Consider this scenario. In California hotel tenants are arguing that its against the law to kick them out after 28 days. This was always true but hotels ignored the law. Now that tenants made it an ...
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I had work done on my dentures, but they did not tell me the work was not coved by my insurance [closed]
I live in Nashville TN. I went to the dentist and had work done on my dentures.
They did not tell me that the work wouldn't be covered by my insurance, then handed me a bill before I walked out the ...
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Can a "You must use this property as primary residence for x years" clause be added to home-sale? Would it differ if the buyer were taking a loan?
My friend and I were discussing the problem of investment properties; a residence owned by someone but not actually their primary residence (the problem being market inflation and reduction of ...
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How much opportunity to review terms is necessary to form a contract?
Someone makes me a contract offer for, say, a health insurance plan. They set a deadline by which I must accept or reject the offer.
I inquire as to the full terms of the offer. They say that the ...
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is setting up customer company as a merchant processing agent and paying them with profits legal? [closed]
Say I am selling a service and I sign up a corporate customer for my services(Principal not employee). I then sign that customer to a contract as an agent under my company and the compensation is 30% ...
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In terms of contract law, what if the minor looks and acts older than their age and the other party assumes they are an adult? [duplicate]
what if the minor doesnt know that the other party thinks they are older? What if the minor doesn't know that the contract can be void?
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Can the subsidiary be a party to the contract signed by its parent here?
A contract is worded to state that it has been executed between Customer A and my Client B. The expression Customer A is further clarified: "which expression shall unless repugnant to the context ...
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Is Zero-Clause BSD legally binding?
Unilateral promises themselves are not legally binding, and donations do not constitute a valid contract, as these lack consideration (or "causa," a related concept in civil law). It's also ...
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Does redundant first party consideration nullify a contract?
Alice is saddled by many tens of thousands of debt to her bank. She is mostly overwhelmed by this and scarcely makes any effort to repay it for a decade, it being hardly within her ability to anyway. ...
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Are venture capital firms allowed to invest in more than one company in the same category?
If a venture capital firm is currently funding a company in category X, are they allowed to fund another company in the category X who are direct competitors? Would the first company be able to sue ...
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Can a document with a confidentially clause be submitted to a court even if it wasn't subpoenaed?
If two parties make a contract that contains a confidentiality clause, if one party breaches it can the other still enforce the contract in court?
For example a dispute arises between Party A and ...
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UK Employment Law Regarding errors in employment process and contract [closed]
So I applied for a job that was ranged from mid level/senior with me applying for the senior position with the appropriate salary.
I got through all stages of interview and was hired, but when I got ...
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EU law - Ignoring revocation of access rights after completing the task [closed]
I would like to ask you very nicely for advice related to IT security and law. As a freelancer, if I provide a one-off service of programming to modify an information system, I will always ask the ...
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Conflicting information in different points - is it false advertising if one is wrong?
Adam purchased a battery from eBay where the product image contains the eye catching text 40000mAh. But the product description in much Plainer typeset mentions that it is a 10ah battery.
Adam ...
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Does the word “unwaivable” block me from canceling a contract?
The first sentence in contract reads. “you have an unwaivable right to cancel this contract for any reason within 10 days after the date you signed this contract”. Can I cancel? Or does the word(...
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Can a public school require a student to contract with a third party?
Can a public K-12 school require a student to accept a contract with a private third party, as a condition of enrollment or as a condition of passing enough courses to graduate?
For example, a student ...
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Is it making off without paying to dispute the charged amount based on a misunderstanding, even if this is the customer’s own fault?
Bob goes to a burger joint every week for several months and orders an individual beef patty for £4 which they are able to put through on the till as an “extra.”
One time Bob arrives at the place and ...
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Are statutory notices seeking possession required to enforce intra-term “break clauses”?
Some assured shorthold tenancies commonly feature “break clauses” that are sometimes asymmetrically available only to the tenant to provide extra flexibility to them, while others are made ...
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App Store app Ownership
Lets say hypothetically 5 years ago someone (Person A) created a company with someone else (Person B) and they split the company 80 (Person B) / 20 (Person A) and then used that company information to ...
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how lawful to have terms of min 5 years in the contract when renting a place for business in california?
How lawful to have terms of min 5 years in the contract when renting a place for business in California?
Understand that all agreements are between landlord and renter, but still wonder if that is ok ...
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Can someone legally require you to pay them back after passing on a discount?
Can someone who willingly let us use a “friends and family” discount at their place of work ask for it back in the form of money?
A friend regularly gets coupons from her employer. These coupons ...
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Fraudulent misrepresentation by a third party
Say, for purposes of conjecture, that "Celine" fraudulently tells "Alice" that something will happen. Also assume for the purposes of this question that, in reasonable reliance on ...
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Why are contracts void at common law if they are “contrary to public policy”?
What does it mean for a contract or contractual term to be “contrary to public policy”? By what principle are such contracts void at common law?
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Is it legal to sign a “contract” like that of Colleen Stan to voluntarily bond oneself into slavery?
Obviously in Colleen Stan’s actual case there are several other problems: fraud/brainwashing/deception, possibly a lack of consideration, to name a couple.
But is there anything wrong in principle ...
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If a friend allows me the right to store property on his property but eventually tires of this agreement, can he legally deny me access to my property
He gave me a “24-hour” time period to retrieve my property when he knew I would be busy and not able to.
He gave me keys to locks that sealed entrances to his property without my request for them.
He ...
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Can a private contract obligate someone to exercise their right to a jury trial?
Say I think my local DA is pursuing too many low-quality cases, and pressuring people into plea deals, when they don't really have the evidence to convict.
Can I and several thousand of my closest, ...
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Can a person agree not to disclose how their employment ended?
Can an employer fire an employee without cause and tell them that the reason for his departure from the company is strictly confidential? What if it's part of a settlement agreement? For example if ...
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What happens to contractual rights when a company dissolves?
IP rights are created by law, and continue to exist even if the person who last owned them stops existing.
What about rights created under private contracts?
Say I granted my former employer the ...
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What describes a consent when people take loan?
As a banker, I ask people to put their signatures on the loan agreement form, the demand promissory note, etc. For illiterate people, I ask them to put their thumb impression countersigned by a ...
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“if parties create a breach of contract then this agreement is null and void and the division of proceeds shall be decided by court of law.” Meaning? [closed]
I am supposed to get 100% of the net proceeds for sale of a home as stated in an agreement drawn up by attorneys. However at the end of the agreement it says “If the actions of the parties create a ...
