Module 2 Flashcards
______ ____is the body of rules consisting of common law and statutory law that regulate the formation, interpretation, and enforcement of promises.
Contract Law
______ ____ is the term used to define written laws, usually enacted by a legislative body.
Statutory Law
______ ______ ___ is the collection of legal concepts that the colonists brought with them to North America from England.
English common law
United States contract law has its origins in ______ ________ ____.
English Common Law
The basic principles of contract law that apply to today’s real estate brokerage are based upon the concepts that are in …..
Restatements of the Law of Contracts
In real estate brokerage, ______ agreements and ______ agreements are the two most frequently used contracts.
listing
sale
Contract law is made up of both _______ law and ________ law.
common
statutory
Other contracts common to real estate brokerage are …..
options, mortgages, and land sale contracts.
In order for a contract to be valid, these four essential elements are required at the time of its creation:
- competent parties (the parties must be legally competent);
- mutual assent (also known as offer and acceptance);
- consideration (something of value); and
- legality of purpose (lawful object).
Competent parties requires the parties to the contract to be legally competent. Some of the issues involved in this required contract element are:
Age Criminal History (Felonies) Illiteracy Identifiable Parties Mental Capacity Legal Authority
also referred to as a meeting of the minds and sometimes mutual consent.
Mutual assent
_________ _________ is demonstrated by the offeror making the offer and the offeree accepting the offer; it’s a clear and unequivocal offer and acceptance with an underlying meeting of the minds.
Mutual assent
The _________ is the party making the offer, and the _______ is receiving the offer.
Offeror
offeree
to be enforceable in what form must a contract be presented?
written
_______ is a legal concept that applies to the law of contracts. Contracts must be supported by consideration, or the contract will be void.
Consideration
________ must be present in every contract and can be an exchange of money, services, promises, negotiable instruments, personal property, the grants of rights, or the forbearance to act.
Consideration
________ __ ________ means the purpose or object of the contract is legal and enforceable; promise, intent and content must be lawful; if illegal, the contract is void – cannot contract to break the law.
Legality of Purpose
__________ is the contract element that requires the object of the contract to be legal.
Legality of Purpose
If a contract is created for a legal purpose but that purpose then becomes illegal before the contract is carried out what happens to the contract?
the contract becomes void
Contracts are classified as:
Express or Implied
Unilateral or Bilateral
Executed or Executory
An ___________ contract is one having the necessary contract elements (competent parties, mutual assent, consideration, lawful object) explicitly stated by words, either written or oral. _________ contracts are not implied or left to inference due to the circumstances surrounding the creation of the contract.
express
All written contracts are ________ contracts
express
_______ contracts are not created by an oral or written agreement, they must be deduced from the actions of the parties.
implied
In contrast to express contracts, contracts can be created by implication. These contracts are called _______ contracts.
implied