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Contract

A legal document, usually in writing, giving details of a formal legally binding agreement, between two or more different people or groups. To be legally binding it must contain certain elements:

  • it must contain an offer made by one party and accepted in its entirety by the other,
  • it must include some form of consideration whether it be money, goods or services, and
  • it must be properly signed by all parties to it, and dated.
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