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contract

vr.tr.contract · INF.MED

Let an agent handle contracts by parties, terms, formation, validity and remedies, give general information only, and not sign or accept terms on anyone behalf without explicit confirmation.

Thing Registry Information and virtual systems

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle contracts by parties, terms, formation, validity and remedies, give general information only, and not sign or accept terms on anyone behalf without explicit confirmation.

A legally enforceable agreement between parties creating obligations, such as sales, leases, employment contracts and marriage contracts like a ketubah or prenuptial agreement.

What it is for: Making promises binding and allocating rights, duties and risks.

It can be negotiate and conclude it; read and interpret its terms; perform, amend or terminate it; enforce it through remedies.

Distinguishing features

Offer, acceptance, consideration or cause, and intention

Enforceable in law

Form requirements for some contracts

Consumer contracts have extra protections

What it looks like

Written documents, electronic agreements, click-through terms or oral agreements.

How it is recognised

Parties, terms and signatures

Titles such as agreement, lease, contract

Click-to-accept terms online

Related models

is a kind of - legal

agreement

is governed by - contract law

law

creates - duties

debt or obligation

is recorded as - evidence

document

In practice

Families and kinds

sales contracts

leases and rental agreements

employment contracts

service contracts

marriage and prenuptial agreements

Standards and regulation

National contract law

EU Unfair Contract Terms Directive

UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods

eIDAS for electronic signatures

Failure modes and hazards

Unfair or hidden terms

Agent accepting terms without user consent

Contracts signed under pressure

Also called

rental of land and other real estateprenuptial agreementketubahNikah MisyarZdawinyvegetable box schemeSCOPinterstate agreementsoftware as a servicecarbon footprint calculatorNational E-learning Platformbusiness-to-business software as a serviceOpsPulsklaryoOpenSaaSsearch as a serviceApplication streamingpayments as a servicesubscription television in the Philippinessubscription television in AustraliaSubscription television in New Zealandcapitulationscode of conductsettlement agreementmodel contractwritten contractcoalition agreementstate treatyBuddhist preceptscompany code of conductonline code of conductpost-detection policyarticles of associationTreaty on the Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsaniyataCharter of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistancepolitical party charterTransport agreementsend-user license agreementcharter of the communist party

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.contract

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Formation How it was made.

Formation decides validity.

Parties

Who is bound.

Parties

The parties.

  1. Who are the parties, and do they have capacity? provenance
  2. Who signed on their behalf? provenance

Agreement

Offer and acceptance.

Agreement

How agreement was reached.

  1. How and when was the contract concluded? provenance
  2. Were form requirements met? boundary
Terms What was agreed.

Terms define obligations.

Obligations

Duties.

Obligations

Main obligations.

  1. What must each party do? definition
  2. By when? measurement

Fairness

Unfair terms.

Fairness

Term fairness.

  1. Are any terms potentially unfair? boundary
  2. Does consumer law protect the user? boundary
Performance Carrying it out.

Performance and breach decide remedies.

Status

Performed or breached.

Status

Performance status.

  1. Has each party performed? provenance
  2. Is there a breach? boundary

Remedies

Damages, termination.

Remedies

Available remedies.

  1. What remedies are available? boundary
  2. Should a lawyer be consulted? action
Consent Agent limits.

Agents must not bind users without consent.

Authority

Acting for others.

Authority

Authority to agree.

  1. Has the user explicitly confirmed acceptance? boundary
  2. What exactly is being agreed? definition

Cancellation

Cooling-off.

Cancellation

Cancellation rights.

  1. Is there a cooling-off period? boundary
  2. How is it exercised? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should contract types be separate entries?
  • How should agents confirm before accepting terms?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases such as vegetable box scheme; should they be split off?
Draft as JSON