Contract

A contract is any legally-enforceable promise or set of promises made between parties. In the civil law, contracts are considered to be part of the general law of obligations. This article describes the law relating to contracts in common law jurisdictions.

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The law of obligations has traditionally been divided into contractual obligations, which are voluntarily undertaken and owed to a specific person or persons, and obligations in tort which are based on the wrongful infliction of harm to certain protected interests, primarily imposed by the law, and typically owed to a wider class of persons.

Promise: A promise is a transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in the future to render some service or gift to the second person or devotes something valuable now and here to his use....

Civil law: Civil law has at least three meanings. It may connote an entire legal system,...

Law of obligations: The law of obligations ? protects wealth, and (through the law of contract) provides facilities for adding to it. By setting standards for commercial advisers, and those providing services generally, to reach, it provides a framework for business relationships. In providing compensation for personal...

Contract related Images and Photos (experimental)

Hard Contract	Contract on Cherry Street (1977/TV)	The Marriage Contract	Murder by Contract 1959
Signing a Marriage Contract at Court of Louis XIV	Destructors, The aka Marseille Contract	A Successful Oil Contract Bidder Right is Congratulated by a Colleague	Faust Making His Contract with Mephistophiles
Thanks to the Dowry Reading a Marriage Contract at the Lawyer Office circa 1830	A Turkish Notary Drawing up a Marriage Contract Constantinople 1837