Contract law
What is a contract?
A contact is A promise courts must enforce
What is civil law
An area of law that disputes between privet parties
What is an offer
A serious definite, certain, and communiced ask
What is negligence
When someone carelessly injures another person
Name one of three elements needed for contracts
1. Offer
2. Acceptance
3. Consideration
What is the job of the plaintiff
The person who sues the defendant in the case
name one way to terminate an offer
Take revocation taking back the offer, rejection, counter offer changing the terms, expiration of time, death or insanity
Name an element of negligence
1. The defendant owed the plaintiff a duty to act reasonably
2. The defendant fails to act as a reasonable competent person
3. The breach permits the harm
4. The plaintiff suffers real harm or loss
What makes an offer legal (name one of three)
1. An intention to enter a deal
2. Communicated to another party
3. Let the party it has the power to accept the deal
What type of law is when someone causes harm to a person or property
Tort law
What is consideration
an exchange of something a value for another thing of value
What does it mean to have comparative negligence
Each parties carelessness is at fault
What it mean to be voidable
A contract between two minors
What is the difference between intentional tort and unintentional tort
An intentional is when someone plans an harmful act and an unintentional tort is when someone accidentally does a harmful act
Name one type of consideration
1. Money
2. Property
3. Service
4. Promise not to sue
5. Charitable plegdes
What is it called when the plaintiff knew the risk and still took the change of being injured
Assumption of risk
What is bilateral contracts
Two promises made by two different parties
What does it mean to have a post trial
This is when the defendant will appeal the judgement and the jury would diside the case
Fill in the blank
you cannot enter a contract to do a _____ act
Illegal
What rule does many states use to determin the percentage of damages
The 50% rule