Contract

An agreement between two or more parties that creates in each party a duty to do or not do something and a right to performance of the other’s duty, or a remedy for the breach of the other’s duty. A valid contract requires (1) competent parties; (2) a proper subject-matter; (3) mutuality of agreement; (4) consideration; and (5) mutuality of obligation.

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