T 4 Contract law

proposal of one party to another

Offer

agreement of the other party called offeree // a final and clear agreement to terms that have been offered

Acceptance

judgement in the English law that becomes a law, other courts must follow it

Precedent

musts be mutual, what parties exchange under the contract

Consideration

legal reasoning in the judgement which is binding for litigation // rest of the judgement, that is not important in the case is called obiter dictum

Ratio decidendi

Appropriate

Relevant

The termination of a right or privilege through disuse or failure to follow appropriate procedures.

Lapse

proposal of second party (to offeror) made by offeree

Counter-offer

cancel, withdraw // wycofać

Revoke

turn down

Reject

promise not to do sth.

Forbearance

process of making law // collection of all acts of parliament

Legislation

legal authority in a given territory

Jurisdiction

deed // contract with no consideration

Contract under seal

invalid

Void

ability to enter into a contract

Capacity to contract

sth given as a gift // donor, donee

Donation

party that suffers because of breach of contract // breaching party

Injured party

party that sues

Claimant

party in litigation that is sued

Defendant

to start legal action

to sue

faulty, not working properly because of defect

Defective

loss as a direct result of the breach of contract

Direct loss

loss // to suffer a loss

Detriment

opposite of detriment, what you gain under a contract

Benefit

legally valid, able to be imposed so that it must be complied with

Enforceable

mutual

Reciprocal

order of the court to stop doing sth

Injunction

one of the remedies, contract must be performed if court orders to // The performance of a contractual duty, as ordered in cases where damages would not be adequate remedy.

specific performance

solution provided to an injured party in cases of breach of a contract

Remedy

money compensation

Damages

old-fashioned wife or husband

Spouse

repair, to solve a problem

Rectify

to act in accordance with a wish or command

to comply with

under pressure

Under duress

party that breaches the contract

Breaching party

To become valid

come into force

otrzymać przywilej

Confer a privilege

nakładać obowiązek na kogoś

Impose a duty on sb

To be under an obligation =/= to be under no obligation

to be under no obligation

na piśmie

In writing

mieć obowiązek

to have a duty

zawrzeć kontrakt

Conclude a contract

act of parliament

Statute

claim that sth is true / rzekomo coś robić

purport

to see the differences

Distinguish