B-Law Exam 2 Chapter 10: Contract Performance, Breach, and Remedies

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Voluntary consent may be lacking in situations involving mistakes of ______.
Mistakes of fact
What are the 2 types of stiuations which involve misakes of fact?
1) unilateral mistakes2) multual (bilateral) mistake
Fraudulent misrepresentation by one party inclues what elements?
1) misrepresentation of a material fact2) intent to decieve3) innocient party relies on misrepresentation
In order for someone to collect ($) damages from fraudulent misrepresentation.. what must they prove?
That they have suffered harm
Name the vocab term: Performance of a contractual obligation that may be contingent on a future event
A "condition"
If a required condition is NOT satisfied, parties are released from their obligations UNLESS...
The condition is "waived" by the party whose performance is contingent on the condition
How does a party discharge its contractual obligations?
By performing the required duties
Name the vocab term: Offering to perform and being ready and able to perform
Tenders performance! And it is associalted with bilateral contract obligations
Name the vocab term: Occurs when a party perfectly performs its contractual obligations
Complete performance
Name the vocab term: Occurs when a party in good faith performs its contractual obligations, and the other party get the benefits promised in the contract.
Substantial performance
What outcome will occur if one party girves substantial performance, but the other party does not?
The party who performed their obligations are entitled to recover damages related to the imperfect performance
Name the vocab term: ______ occurs if the promisor fails to give substantial performance
Material breach
Name the vocab term: a ______________ may suspend the non-breaching party's obligations for a period of time, bot does NOT ENTIRELY EXCUSE that party from performing
A minor breach
Name the vocab term: ____________ occurs when one party refuses to perform PIOR TO the time the performance is required
Anticipatory repudiation
An anticipatory repudiation is treated as what kind of breach?
A materical breach (even though the time for the performance has not expired), which allows the non-breaching party to immediately sue for damages (instead of waiting until after the time for performanse has passed)