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Under Section 13, two persons consent when they agree upon the same thing in the same sense, known as:Read the answer and worked solution →Under Section 14, consent is free when not caused by coercion, undue influence, fraud, misrepresentation or:Read the answer and worked solution →Undue influence is defined in which section of the Act?Read the answer and worked solution →Section 18 of the Act defines which element vitiating free consent?Read the answer and worked solution →Where both parties are mistaken about a fact essential to the agreement, it is:Read the answer and worked solution →Mere silence about facts is generally:Read the answer and worked solution →Silence can amount to fraud where the silent party has:Read the answer and worked solution →In a case of undue influence, the burden of proving no influence lies on the:Read the answer and worked solution →Which relationship is a fiduciary one that can give a position to dominate the will?Read the answer and worked solution →A void agreement is void:Read the answer and worked solution →An agreement to carry out an illegal act is an example of a:Read the answer and worked solution →A contract whose object becomes impossible to achieve during performance, through outside events, becomes:Read the answer and worked solution →A contract entered into without the free consent of a party is:Read the answer and worked solution →A voidable contract not cancelled by the aggrieved party within a reasonable time:Read the answer and worked solution →The maxim behind quasi-contract holds that no one should:Read the answer and worked solution →A contract in which each party makes a promise to the other is:Read the answer and worked solution →A contract where one party promises but the other promises nothing is:Read the answer and worked solution →A patient examined by a doctor who refuses to pay breaches a contract that is:Read the answer and worked solution →A newspaper advertisement is normally treated as:Read the answer and worked solution →An advertisement is treated as an offer where it makes a:Read the answer and worked solution →Mutual assent in forming a contract is also called a:Read the answer and worked solution →Domestic agreements between parent and child are typically:Read the answer and worked solution →In commercial agreements, the presumption is that the parties intend to:Read the answer and worked solution →An agreement to agree on key terms later is:Read the answer and worked solution →If the law does not require a contract to be written, an oral contract is generally:Read the answer and worked solution →A peppercorn in contract law is an example of:Read the answer and worked solution →Obligations that are voluntarily undertaken and owed to specific persons are traditionally classed in:Read the answer and worked solution →England passed the Statute of Frauds, favouring written contracts, in:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Under Section 13, two persons consent when they agree upon the same thing in the same sense, known as:

  1. Consensus ad idem
  2. Caveat emptor
  3. Ultra vires
  4. Quantum meruit
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Correct answer: A. Consensus ad idem

Agreement on the same thing in the same sense is the doctrine of consensus ad idem.

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Under Section 14, consent is free when not caused by coercion, undue influence, fraud, misrepresentation or:

  1. Capacity
  2. Timing
  3. Payment
  4. Mistake
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Correct answer: D. Mistake

Section 14 lists five vitiating factors, and mistake is the last of them.

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Undue influence is defined in which section of the Act?

  1. Section 15
  2. Section 14
  3. Section 17
  4. Section 16
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Correct answer: D. Section 16

Section 16 deals with undue influence and the burden of proof in such cases.

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