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The Importance of Contract
Contract law is
(31) great importance in business and in everyday life. Even though most of us are unaware of it, we enter into a
(32) number of binding contracts every day. Ordinary business transactions such as buying a pack of gum at the corner grocery store, purchasing a ticket at a movie theater, or ordering a meal at a restaurant all involve valid contracts that pro vide the concerned parties
(33) certain rights and duties.
A contract is a legally enforceable promise between two or more people.
(34) all con tracts contain enforceable promises, not all promises between people result in contracts. There are many promises made
(35) people that the courts will not enforce.
For example: Tom invites Lily to dinner and Lily
(36) Tom is looking
(37) to the date and can think of little else all day long. A half hour before Tom was to pick her up, Li