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Contract Law
What Makes a Valid Contract?
Intention to be legally bound
The parties must mean what they are doing when entering a contract. It one thing to intend to cooperate when and how it seems suitable, but a very different thing to intend to be legally bound to the fulfilment of an agreement. For this reason courts are very reluctant to find contracts in existence between family members...
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