法律英语基础听说900句:Part 17 合同和协议 Contract & agreement

十七、 合同和协议 Contract & agreement
1.A contract cannot arise out of an illegal act.
2.A contract is established when the acceptance becomes effective.
3.A contract may be modified
if the parties reach a consensus through consultation.
4.A person is not liable for debts contracted druing his minority.
5.A transaction between two parties
ought not to operate to the disadvantage of a third.
6.An acceptance once given cannot be revoked unless the offeror consents.
7.An acceptance is a statement made by the offeree indicating assent to an offer.
8.An offeror may withdraw an offer
at any time before it has been accepted.
9.Any amendment to this contract shall become effective only by a written agreement by Patry A and Party B.
10.Any annex is the integral part of this contract.
11.Any departure from the terms and conditions of the contract must be advised in writing.
12.Any failure by a party to carry out all or part of his obligations under the contract shall be considered as a substantial breach.
13.Any party has no right to terminate this contract without another party's agreement.
14.Any violation of deadlines contained in the contract wil equate to breach of contract.
15.Contract law is initially concerned with determining what promises the law will enforce or recognize as creating legal rights.
16.Examples of void contracts are those entered into as a result of misrepresentation, duress or undue influence.
17.He is incompetent to sign the contract.
18.He reasonably believes that there will be a fundamental
non-performance of the contract by the other party.
19.He signed a covenant against under letting the premises.
20.He was incapable of fulfiling the terms of the contract.
21.If a contract becomes invalid,the validity of its independently existing clauses pertaining to the settlement of disputes shall not be affected.
22.If a minor ratifies a contract upon reaching the age of majority,he or she is then bound to it.
23.If any of the above-mentioned clauses
is inconsistent with the following additional clauses,the latter is to be taken as authentic.
24.If there are provisions as otherwise stated
in respect to contracts in other laws,such provisions shall be followed.
25.If there is no acceptance,by definition there ia no contract.
26.In case of heavy losses,failure of a party to fulfill the obligations prescribed by the contract of force majeure,the contract may be terminated.
27.Lawfully established contracts shall be protected by law.
28.Marine insurance contracts are indemnity contracts and require the parties to exercise the utmost good faith.
29.No change in or modification of this Agreement shall be valid unless the same is made in writing.
30.No consideration,no contract.
31.Other special terms will be listed bellow.
32.Party A and B have reached an agreement through friendly consultation to conclude the following contract.
33.Parties hereto may revise or supplement
through negotiation matters not mentioned herein.
34.Parment will be held up until the contract has been signed.
35.Please amend your copy of the contract accordingly.
36.Promises resulting from either express or an implied agreement
can be enforced.
37.She did not abide by the terms of the agreement.
38.The agreement is binding on all parties.
39.The agreement of the parties is subject to review and approval of the board of directors.
40.The conditions of the contract are still to be determined.
41.The contact has been engrossed ready for signature.
42.The contract has to be signed in the presence of two witnesses.
43.The contract was declared null and void.
44.The contract was annuled by the court.
45.The express agreement of parties overcomes the law.
46.The following documents shall be deemed to form and be read and construed as an integral part of this contract.
47.The issue of this action is the date of the contract.
48.The parties may dissolve the contract upon consensus through consultation.
49.The parties shall,when making a contract, have corresponding capacity for civil rights and civil conduct.
50.The parties to a contract shall fully fulfill their obligations pursuant to the terms of the contract.
51.The parties to the contract have equal legal status,and neither party may impose its will in the other.
52.The use of a prescribed contract form can reduce the uncertainty.
53.They took the unilateral decision to cancel the contract.
54.This Agreement and the schedules hereto
constitute the entire agreement between the parties relating to the subject mater hareof.
55.This contract is executed in three counterparts,all of which are considered as originals and of the same effect.
56.This contract will be effective after being signed by both parties.
57.This affer will be lapsed automatically after the time limit.
58.We hereby revoke the agreement of May8,2004.
59.What is left unmentioned in contract may be added there as an appendix.
60.You have to get the permission of all the signatories to the agreement if you want to change the terms.