An offer requires an intent to enter into a contract plus ______ (e.g., quantity, price, and identity of the parties) and it must be ____ to the offeree
specific terms
communicated
The creation of a contract requires an offer, acceptance, consideration, and no _____
defenses to formation
A requirements or output contract will (fail/ not fail) for lack of quantity.
The amount sold or requested must be in ___ and _____ to the stated estimate or prior comparable output
not fail
in good faith
not unreasonably disproportionate
An offer creates the power of ____ in the offeree with a reasonable ______ to be bound
This involves a promise, undertaking, or _____ to enter into a kx with certainty and definiteness to the essentional temrs, all communciated to the offeree
acceptance
intent/ expectation
commitment
Generally price quotes are
NOT offers
For it to be an offer, it must be in response to a specific inquiry by someone
Except for contracts for REAL PROPERTY, the failure to state the____ does not prevent the formation of a kx if the parties intended to form a kx w/o the ____ being settled
PRICE
An offer for the sale of land/ realty must identify the land + include the _____
price
An employment kx must have a definitive ______ or else not enforceable
if the _____ is not stated, then default is that the kx is terminable by either party ___
time
duration
at will
for services kx, the ____ must be included in the offer
nature of the work
for services kx, if there is no price stated, courts will construe a ______ price UNELSS the requesting party ____ of the quoted price beforehand
reasonable
knew
A kx for the sale of GOODS must include the ____ being offered
quantity
Under the UCC, _____ is not required and courts will supplment it for reasonable price
price
a rejection of an offer is effective when the offeror ____ the rejection
recieves
Under common law, a counteroffer can function as a rejection of the original offer and a ___
new offer
Questions are ____
not counteroffers - so this does NOT terminate the offer
conditional acceptances are essentially
counteroffers
Special limitations on revocation (Don’t MOP)
AN option kx is created when the offeror promises to keep the offer open and the offeree pays ______to keep the offer open. The offeree is free to ____ the original offer within the option period, UNLESS the offeror has ________ on the offeree’s rejection
consideration
accept
detrimentally relied
Under option kx, is there a special time restriction?
nope (unlike merchant firm offer)
Under the UCC, when the offeror is a MERCHANT (someone who regaulrly sells in goods of certain kind / specialized knowledge of that business) and there is a _______ (not to exceed 3 months) then the offer CANNOT be revoked for up to that 3 months
Do you need consideration to make this offer “firm?”
Does the merchant need to be acting in his capacity as a merchant and not a hobby seller?
written and signed offer that PROMISES to keep that offer open for certain period of time
Nope
yup
An offer CANNOT be revoked if there has been _____ by the offeree which is ______
detrimental reliance
reasonably foreseeable
An offer for a true unilateral kx becomes _____ once performance has begun
irrevocablePar
Partial performance of a unilateral kx makes that kx ______ and the offeror must give offeree reasonable time to perform
irrevocable
A unilateral kx is only ACCEPTED once there has been ____
full performance of that kx