A contract will only be legally binding upon the contracting parties if the following requirements are complied with: consensus, contractual capacity, certainty, possibility, legality and formalities. 39 The above requirements will be discussed next. 39Para 1 1 above.
In order that the acceptance can be treated as valid it is necessary that the same must be communicated to the offeror either by the offeree or by some duly authorised person on his behalf. If the communication is made by an unauthorised person, it does not result in a contract.
Under Georgia law, for a contract to be valid, there must be an offer, acceptance, consideration, and mutual assent. See O.C.G.A. § 13-3-1. In the context of email communications, an offer can be made through an email, or contemporaneous emails, containing terms of a proposed agreement.
And even though contracts are infinitely varied in length, terms, and complexity, all contracts must contain these six essential elements. Offer. Acceptance. Awareness. Consideration. Capacity. Legality.
A contract to do an immoral or illegal thing is void. If the contract is severable, however, the part of the contract which is legal will not be invalidated by the part of the contract which is illegal. Disclaimer: These codes may not be the most recent version. Georgia may have more current or accurate information.
Contracts § 13-3-1. To constitute a valid contract, there must be parties able to contract, a consideration moving to the contract, the assent of the parties to the terms of the contract, and a subject matter upon which the contract can operate.
4 Essential Elements of a Georgia Real Estate Contract Mutual agreement or assent between the parties to enter the contract. A valid offer by the buyer and acceptance of the offer by the seller. Adequate consideration which is the exchange of items of value. A legal purpose and legally competent parties.
Poor communication and inadequate documentation can also lead to breaches of contract. When parties fail to communicate effectively or neglect to document important discussions and agreements, misunderstandings can arise, making it difficult to enforce the terms of the contract.
For a proposal to become a contract, the acceptance of such a proposal must be communicated to the promisor. The communication must occur in the prescribed form, or any such form in the normal course of business if no specific form has been prescribed.