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Contract Mind Map - Coggle Diagram

- - - - A person who makes the promise is the promisor, the person who the promsie is made to is the promisee.
- - - - Minors are considered under the age of majority to enter a contract (in most states the age of majority is 18). Those undet the age of majority are considered minors. Their minority ends the day before the birthday of the age of majority.
- - - - Silence is not considered acceptance.
  - - - Oral acceptance is effective once the words are spoken.
      - Acceptance by mail is effective when properly posted.
      - The offeror may claim that acceptance is not effective until it is received.
- - - - The avoidance must be done once it is found out that there is no genuine agreement before the contract is ratified, meaning before you show you want to be bound by the contract.
    - - This includes threats to involve themselves in something illegal, threating to report a crime to get the criminal to create a contract, threatening to sue for an unrelated reason, using economic power as a threat, etc.
    - - For undue influence to take place, there must be some kind of relationship of trust, confidence, or authority. It does not need to be a formal relationship.
      - The aspect of unfair persuasion is seen in the terms of the contract. Persuasion can occur when one party strongly depends on another. The extent of the unfair persuasion is determined by the court.
    - - These facts thta change a parties opinion on the contract are material facts.
- - - - The right to withdraw an offer is revocation.
- - - - Courts can enforce the legal parts of a contract and not enforce the illegal parts of that same contract.