Professional Documents
Culture Documents
contracts
Answer; A contract is a legally binding agreement or
relationship that exists between two or more parties to
do or abstain from performing certain acts. A contract
can also be defined as a legally binding exchange of
promises between two or more parties that the law will
enforce. For a contract to be formed an offer made must
backed acceptance of which there must be consideration.
Both parties involved must intend to create legal relation
on a lawful matter which must be entered into freely and
should be possible to perform.
An agreement is a form of cross reference between
different parties, which may be written, oral and lies
upon the honor of the parties for its fulfillment rather
than being in anyway enforceable.
All contracts are agreement because there must be
mutual understanding between two parties for a contract
to be formed. All parties should agree and adhere to the
terms and conditions of an offer.
The following cases illustrate ways in which all
contracts are agreements;
In the case of invitation to treat, where an invitation to
treat is merely an invitation to make an offer. When a
firm's offer is accepted it results into a contract provided
other elements of contracts are accepted.
Considering person A buying a radio on hire purchase
from person B who deals with electronics and its
appliances. Both parties must come to an agreement on