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.
A contingent contract is an official document or verbalization that includes a number of terms and conditions which may only apply in specified scenarios. The document is signed by all parties, meaning that they must carry out (or not complete, if specified) certain actions under certain conditions.
A "contingent contract" is a contract to do or not to do something, if some event, collateral to such contract, does or does not happen.
Contingency management refers to a type of behavioural therapy in which individuals are 'reinforced', or rewarded, for evidence of positive behavioural change.
A contingency contract is an agreement between a student and teacher which states behavioral or academic goals for the student and reinforcers or rewards that the student will receive contingent upon achievement of these goals.
Contingency contracting is an intervention that involves identifying a behavior, the conditions under which the behavior is supposed to occur, and the consequences for both achieving the goal and failing to perform to a criterion. From: A Practical Guide to Finding Treatments That Work for People with Autism, 2017.
The average contingency rate falls between 20-40%, with most lawyers charging around 33% to 35% of the total amount recovered in a case. The exact percentage can vary depending on the complexity of the case, the lawyer's experience, and the stage at which the case is resolved.
The most common contingency is the home inspection contingency. This condition on an offer states the home sale will only be finalized if the property passes a professional home inspection. In other words, buyers can walk away from a home sale if the home inspection turns up serious problems.
A contingent contract is a legal agreement in which the terms and conditions only apply or take effect if a specific event occurs. Essentially, the parties involved agree to perform actions or obligations based on the occurrence or non-occurrence of a particular event in the future.