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Sport, Physical Activity, and the Law
Law Terms
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Law
Undergraduate 3
10/14/2012

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Contract
Definition
An agreement between two or more parties that imposes some kind of obligation or responsibility on each
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Effectiveness
Definition
Whether the contract results in the action required of each of the parties
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Enforceability
Definition
Whether the courts will lawfully be able to enforce it
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Meeting of the Minds
Definition
All parties involved must have a mutual understanding of the context and content of their agreement. Enforceability depends on this.
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Offer
Definition
Contracts are created when one or more parties makes this plus a proposal
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Accepted
Definition
When an offer is agreed upon as stated by the other party(ies)
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Counteroffer
Definition
Accepts different terms or proposes different terms
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To have a legally enforceable contract, there must be some form of this (2 things)
Definition
1.) Consideration
2.) Specificity of Terms
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Consideration
Definition
Something of value must be exchanged
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Specificity of Terms
Definition
All aspects of the contract must be exactly spelled out
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