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offer, an agreement, damages, loss, contract, an acceptance, terms, considers, compensation, breach, a seller, goods, enforce, parties, to reject, sale, addition, sue, plaintiff
English law textbooks often describe a contract as … which is made between
two or more … . The parties must agree to contract on certain … .
One principle of English … law is that there must be an offer and … . Having seen
an advertisement to sell a car, I telephone the advertiser and agree to buy it, the
seller is not obliged to sell it to me. This is because the law … that the real … is
when I contact … asking to buy the car. The seller may then decide whether to
accept or … my offer. This is the reason that a store doesn’t to have to sell you …
it displays for ... . And there is no … of contract.
So another principle is that there is no valid contract if one of the parties
doesn’t intend to be legally bound. What is valuable consideration? The principle
behind this phrase is that the law will not … an empty promise. But once the court
decides that there has been a breach of contract, it must judge how the party must
compensate the other party. The usual award is …— monetary … . In … to
financial … a … sometimes tries to … for mental distress caused by the breach of
contract. Such claims are less successful in Britain than in the USA, except for
holiday contracts.