{"id":212690,"date":"2025-05-07T17:29:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T17:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=212690"},"modified":"2025-05-08T05:52:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T05:52:27","slug":"which-of-the-following-would-qualify-as-valid-consideration-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/07\/which-of-the-following-would-qualify-as-valid-consideration-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Which of the following would qualify as valid consideration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which of the following would qualify as valid consideration? Candice gives out free samples in order to get more people to buy her ice cream. Stu makes Lewis promise to give all his extra lunch money to Stu every day after school. Carlie contracts with her landlord to pay for rent by landscaping the property and cleaning and painting empty apartments. George contracts with his mother that she will leave the good family silver to him when she passes away because he was the most helpful son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\">The Correct Answer And Epxlanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To determine which scenario involves <strong>valid consideration<\/strong>, we must first understand what <strong>consideration<\/strong> means in contract law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Definition of Consideration:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Consideration is something of legal value offered in exchange for a promise or performance. It can be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A benefit to the promisor, or<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A detriment to the promisee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a contract to be <strong>legally enforceable<\/strong>, both parties must provide something of value (not necessarily money) in return for what they are receiving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let\u2019s evaluate each choice:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. <strong>Candice gives out free samples in order to get more people to buy her ice cream.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Analysis<\/strong>: This is <strong>not<\/strong> a contract. She is giving away free samples as a marketing tactic, not in exchange for a promise or performance from the sample recipients.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Conclusion<\/strong>: <strong>Not valid consideration<\/strong>\u2014there&#8217;s no exchange.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. <strong>Stu makes Lewis promise to give all his extra lunch money to Stu every day after school.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Analysis<\/strong>: This appears one-sided. If Stu <strong>doesn\u2019t<\/strong> offer anything in return for Lewis\u2019s money, there\u2019s no consideration <strong>from Stu<\/strong>. Also, coercion may be at play.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Conclusion<\/strong>: <strong>Not valid consideration<\/strong>\u2014it\u2019s one-sided and potentially coercive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. <strong>Carlie contracts with her landlord to pay for rent by landscaping the property and cleaning and painting empty apartments.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Analysis<\/strong>: This <strong>is valid consideration<\/strong>. Carlie provides valuable services <strong>in lieu of<\/strong> monetary rent. Both parties benefit and exchange something of value.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Conclusion<\/strong>: \u2705 <strong>Valid consideration<\/strong>\u2014a service for a benefit (rent).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. <strong>George contracts with his mother that she will leave the good family silver to him when she passes away because he was the most helpful son.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Analysis<\/strong>: This is a <strong>gratuitous promise<\/strong>. George already did the helpful acts in the past, so it\u2019s considered <strong>past consideration<\/strong>, which is <strong>not enforceable<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Conclusion<\/strong>: <strong>Not valid consideration<\/strong>\u2014past actions don\u2019t count as consideration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2705 <strong>Correct Answer<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Carlie contracts with her landlord to pay for rent by landscaping the property and cleaning and painting empty apartments<\/strong>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the following would qualify as valid consideration? Candice gives out free samples in order to get more people to buy her ice cream. Stu makes Lewis promise to give all his extra lunch money to Stu every day after school. Carlie contracts with her landlord to pay for rent by landscaping the property [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-212690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212690\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}