Capacity
Courts generally operate under this assumption about a person’s ability to enter into a contract.
What is capacity
This type of mistake occurs when someone is wrong about how much something is worth, but the facts about the item itself are correct.
Mistake of value
This law requires certain types of contracts to be in writing in order to be enforceable.
What is the Statute of Frauds
This doctrine says that only the parties who made a contract have the legal right to enforce it.
True or false: ETHS is the only school in the country with a wildkit as its mascot
What is TRUE!
These three categories of people may lack the legal capacity to enter into a binding contract
What are minors, mentally impaired persons, and intoxicated persons?
This type of mistake happens when a party is wrong about a material fact, such as what the item is or a key detail about it.
Mistake of fact
According to the Statute of Frauds this type of contract MUST be in writing (various answers)
What is a contract for the sale of goods over $500?
(Other acceptable responses: What is a promise to pay another’s debt? / What is a contract made in consideration of marriage? contracts for the sale of land, contracts that cannot be performed within one year, and this common type of commercial contract involving goods over $500.
This is one way to discharge ( end) a contract
What is discharge by failure of a condition, mutual agreement, and by operation of law
ETHS originally opened with this many teachers
What is 4? ( it now has close to 300!)
This is a situation that could cause a contract’s legality to be questioned
What is gambling? / What is a contract that violates public policy? / What is a contract to commit a crime?)
If someone signs a contract because they were threatened with harm or pressured unfairly by someone in a position of power, the contract may be invalid under this doctrine.
What is duress or undue influence?
This legal phrase refers to the different types of documentation that could satisfy the written necessity of a contract
What is sufficiency in writing?
What is the most common type of remedy sought when a contract is not fulfilled for whatever reason?
What are damages
Wings of the school are now named after directions. What were their former names?
What is Boltwood, Beardsley, Bacon, and Michael