How Do I Form a Business at a Kiosk at a Mall With Other Owners?
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As a general proposition, an agreement between two unmarried individuals to combine resources in order to lease a property could be characterized as a partnership or joint venture. A business partnership consists of a contract between two or more people in a joint business who agree to pool their funds and talent and share in the profits and losses of the enterprise. The first element of a partnership is a contract among the partners. Such a contract may specify a successor to whom the rights and obligations will be assigned in the event of a certain occurrence.
The existence of a contract requires:
an offer;
an acceptance of that offer which results in a meeting of the minds,
a promise to perform,
a valuable consideration,
a time or event when performance must be made,
terms and conditions for performance,
performance, if the contract is "unilateral".
A contract may be express or implied. An express contract is one, whose terms are stated in words. An implied contract is one, the existence and terms of which are manifested by conduct. A unilateral contract is one in which there is a promise to pay or give other consideration in return for actual performance. A bilateral contract is one in which a promise is exchanged for a promise. In most cases contracts can be either written or oral, but oral contracts are more difficult to prove and in most jurisdictions the time to sue on the contract is shorter. To be legally binding as a contract, a promise must be exchanged for adequate consideration. Adequate consideration is a benefit or detriment which a party receives which reasonably and fairly induces them to make the promise/contract. Therefore, gifts are not supported by adequate consideration and the promise to make a gift is generally unenforceable.
Contracts are mainly governed by state statutory and common (judge-made) law and private law. Private law generally refers to the terms of the agreement between the parties, as parties have freedom to override many state law requirements regarding formalities of contracts. The Uniform Commercial Code, which has been adopted in some form in nearly every state, governs important categories of contracts, such as sales and secured transactions. Contracts related to particular activities or industries may be highly regulated by state and/or federal law.
The length of a contract is just one of the terms in the agreement that is negotiable. If both parties agree to a longer term for the services provided by the contract, they would express that contract term in the contract.
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