In a private promise, the promisor undertakes to give the promisee's relevant interests weight equal to or greater than her own. Contract, by contrast, turns on the separateness of these interests.
A promise is a claim of intent to act in a certain manner or to refrain from acting in a certain manner. A promise is made by a promisor to the promisee. The one who claims intent is the promisor, and the one to whom the claim of intent is made is the promisee.
Promisor Performs the Promise If a contract indicates that the parties intended for the promisor to fulfil the promise himself, then the promisor is obligated to perform the promise.
Someone must make a promise. Someone else must genuinely and justifiably rely on the promise. The actions that are taken in reliance on the promise must be reasonably foreseeable to the person who makes the promise. Injustice will occur if the promise isn't enforced.
For a contract to be valid and recognized by the common law, it must include certain elements-- offer, acceptance, consideration, intention to create legal relations, authority and capacity, and certainty. Without these elements, a contract is not legally binding and may not be enforced by the courts.
Grody is the promisor because he promised to send Mongo to dance at the party. Misty is the promisee because she is on the benefiting end of the promise. That is the simplified explanation of how two parties become obligated to one another.
Suppose one party, the offeror, makes a statement or a promise that causes another party to rely on that statement in such a way that they are financially injured by that reliance. In that case, a court will enforce the statement or promise as if it were a valid contract.
Contracts. Chapter 301. Contracts—Formation, Interpretation, and Enforceability. WPI 301.02 Promise Defined. A promise is an expression that justifies the person to whom it is made in reasonably believing that a commitment has been made that something specific will happen or not happen in the future.
Suppose one party, the offeror, makes a statement or a promise that causes another party to rely on that statement in such a way that they are financially injured by that reliance. In that case, a court will enforce the statement or promise as if it were a valid contract.
Not all types of promises raise a legal obligation to enforce the promise. In a legal context, the promise must be made with sufficient consideration. Courts will look to contract law and related obligations when determining whether the promise should be binding, and thus be enforced.