Guam Agreement for Accord and Satisfaction - Disputed Claim for Personal Injuries or Property Damage

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An accord and satisfaction is a method of discharging a contract, or settling a cause of action arising either from a contract or a civil wrong (tort), by substituting for the contract or cause of action an agreement for its satisfaction and the performance of the substituted agreement. The accord is the agreement; the satisfaction is the performance of the agreement.
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An agreement (accord) between two contracting parties to accept alternate performance to discharge a preexisting duty between them and the subsequent performance (satisfaction) of that agreement.

An accord and satisfaction is a legal contract whereby two parties agree to discharge a tort claim, contract, or other liability for an amount based on terms that differ from the original amount of the contract or claim. Accord and satisfaction is also used to settle legal claims prior to bringing them to court.

Accord and satisfaction is a settlement of an unliquidated debt. For example, a builder is contracted to build a homeowner a garage for $35,000. The contract called for $17,500 prior to starting construction, to disburse $10,000 during various stages of construction, and to make a final payment of $7,500 at completion.

An accord and satisfaction is a legal contract whereby two parties agree to discharge a tort claim, contract, or other liability for an amount based on terms that differ from the original amount of the contract or claim. Accord and satisfaction is also used to settle legal claims prior to bringing them to court.

Usually, accord and satisfaction deals with a debtor's offer of payment and a creditor's acceptance of a lesser amount than the creditor originally claimed to be owed. It is a method of discharging a claim by settlement of the claim and performing the new agreement.

An agreement to accept. something different (usually less) from what the. original contract required.

554, 561 (2001), for the rule that three elements must exist for there to be an accord and satisfaction: (a) there must be a (good faith) dispute about the existence or extent of liability, (b) after the dispute arises, the parties must enter into an agreement in which one party must agree to pay more than that party

554, 561 (2001), for the rule that three elements must exist for there to be an accord and satisfaction: (a) there must be a (good faith) dispute about the existence or extent of liability, (b) after the dispute arises, the parties must enter into an agreement in which one party must agree to pay more than that party

What is accord and satisfaction affirmative defense? An accord and satisfaction is an agreement to solve a claim in which the parties to a contract agree on new terms which may be less stringent than the ones in the original contract. The party with a claim usually receives less than what is owed to settle the claim.

Definition. An agreement (accord) between two contracting parties to accept alternate performance to discharge a preexisting duty between them and the subsequent performance (satisfaction) of that agreement.

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