Indian Contract Act 1872 - Definition

Definition

Section 2(h) of the Act defines the term contract as "any agreement enforceable by law". There are two essentials of this act, agreement and enforceability.

Section 2(e) defines agreement as "every promise and every set of promises, forming the consideration for each other."

Again Section 2(b) defines promise in these words: "when the person to whom the proposal is made signifies his assent there to, the proposal is said to be accepted. Proposal when accepted, becomes a promise."

And other words Say Agreement is Sum of

all contract are agreement, but all agreement are not contract..

CONTRACT=AGREEMENT+ENFORCEABLE BY LAW( LAW)

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