BU231 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Enemy Alien, Legal Personality
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Chapter 7: formation of a contract: capacity to contract and legality of object. Legal capacity competence to bind oneself legally etc. wouldn"t expect a 4 year old to be able to bind themselves to pay for a videogame. Repudiate reject or declare an intention not to be bound by. Minor or infant a person who has no attained the age of majority according to the law of his or her province. Age of majority the age at which a person is recognized as an adult according to the law of his or her province. Guardian a person appointed to manage the affairs of a minor in the place of his or her parents. Beneficial contracts of service contracts of employment or apprenticeship found to be for a minor"s benefit. A minor may always repudiate a contract for non-necessaries even where the non-necessaries are clearly beneficial to them.
